it is hard to understand, for sure. I'm not sure I understand it completely. But I do know that unless we have gone through it ourselves than we will never understand, but we can accept that the child is always the victim no matter and never believe that Shawn or any other child like him wanted this and enjoyed their life with their kidnappers.
I believe you have said the most important thing yet. Nobody can ever know unless they have lived it and none of us know yet (I'm sure they aren't even through with getting all the facts from Shawn) what exactly this poor young boy has undergone.