I know the victims of child molesters.
$3 million is a good start for compensation for such evil. I don’t care what party they work for.
God is clearly damning our country for our sins.
I think it is fair to look at this from another perspective too. America damned itself. It decided that it was not suited to God. Well, God’s answer to that is “Well, if you INSIST...”
Still desiring, however, that we will realize that we need God’s grace to beat the plethora of ills that we wished on ourselves.
We don’t know enough details here. It was high school. The student could have been 18. We don’t know. That doesn’t excuse the abuse of power or the nastiness of the deed. But it may be short of child molestation. Regardless, at the time the blackmail happened this man was an adult. You don’t get a free pass to break the law just because you were a victim years earlier. If he was so traumatized, why did he continue to meet with Hastert to collect his blackmail money? And how did authorities find out? All they knew was that Hastert was structuring so as to avoid reporting. It looks like the blackmailer collected the money AND told.
When you start to say that the sex is worth $3 million you cross a very bad line. And what about other victims? If he was so harmed why did he not report it to prevent other victims instead of year after year going back for more cash.