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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by Barbara Dorris on January 31, 2013
We think this idea deserves serious consideration. There’s no magic age at which a sex offender is suddenly no longer dangerous. Older sex offenders may look harmless but actually be more dangerous than ever.
Serial offenders with stooped shoulders, thick glasses, thinning hair and advanced age tends look like harmless grandpas. They often lull us into complacency. But having spent years picking, grooming and assaulting the vulnerable, then telling cunning lies and making shrewd excuses, these older predators are often more dangerous than ever.
The real remedy, however, is reforming Iowa’s archaic, predator-friendly statutes of limitations. If more victims can seek justice in courts – both civil and criminal – more child predators will be suspended, arrested, charged and imprisoned. And more officials will think twice about – and decide against – covering up child sex crimes.
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