There is also not a world-wide, central authority for fathers and step-fathers. One that would discover abuse, hide it, fail to report the crime, and then reassign the fathers and stepfathers to another family in another town with new children.
We, as a society, did just that for centuries.
There was no sexoffender registery, no mandated reporting laws..and families and entire communities did nothing, neither did the schools or chidlrens clubs, or scouts. THAT is just the way it USED to be.