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[quote=Anonymous]Pedophiles are everywhere. They don’t look scary; they aren’t odd looking or smelly or strange. They want to blend in, to be the attractive, inviting, fun, warm, helpful person anyone would trust their child with. They are in all professions, religions and neighborhoods. They will try to be involved in activities with children. This isn’t a MCPS problem - it’s universal. Every parent needs to talk frankly with their children about people touching them - have to be frank, not using euphemisms but language they can understand. Then adults need to believe them and respect it if they are not comfortable around someone. Report concerns to the police, not to a school or church. This is why I was concerned reading the post from a mom who undresses her 2 year old in a public place between activities. They are everywhere, with hidden cameras. Security/background checks will not bar them from employment if they have no criminal convictions and/or are not on a sexual abuser registry.

Currently Maryland has a very weak and ineffectual mandatory reporting law. Clergy are excluded from reporting active sexual abuse of a child if the information is given to them “with an expectation of privacy”.  There are no penalties for not reporting, and House Bill 500 currently pending is a Trojan Horse - claims to add penalties but actually makes it impossible to charge anyone with not reporting and has a very limited window for charges after the failure to report. I think it was intentionally structured to protect the Archdiocese of Baltimore from prosecution for not reporting clergy abuse information, but also lets others off the hook. It takes a village to protect the children from sexual abuse - we all have to be vigilant and actively involved. [/quote]

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