You are so right! I imagine the pervert told him that if he got away people will be ashamed of you and point fingers at you and blame you. A child living in Shame like that runs so deep. You could see it on Shawn's face yesterday on Oprah.
As I told you in private what happens to these boys when sexually assaulted, they start to see that this is their fault and the same and ebarressment sets in.
"In the meantime, both parents said they expect a bumpy transition as Shawn gets used to living in a home with rules and boundaries he may never have faced while living with Devlin. "He's tested the boundaries, pushed a little here and there," said Craig Akers. "But that's okay. Since he has been back, he and a girl he knew very well before he was taken have struck up a casual relationship. We've had to have a talk with him, and tell him that she can't come over to the house unless someone else is there with them, and if they go in his room, the door will have to stay open. All the normal kinds of things you have to tell a young teenager."
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1580563,00.html