The system has failed the children too. I know of a situation where the child did report it to the parent, the parent called the police & then Children Services got involved.
They all believed the perp & the child was humiliated & in fear of ever telling what continued to happen to her after that from same person.
The children of abuse & the parents of those same children, are often afraid to report it, for many reasons. Shame being one of them & the fear of not being believed & the fear of retribution from the offender or his family!!!
Contrast this with the giggly gal who claims Cain was “inappropriate” with her. The people who come out in the limelight to tell a story are not the people who have been through that whole pathology of shame and vulnerability.