hard it is to point one out. Pedophiles come in all religions, races, and ethnic backgrounds, hold all different sorts of jobs, and are not limited to the male gender as one might think. The perpetrator can be a member of the family, a friend, a teacher, or a random molester. In the last fourteen months, a teacher, a priest, and a malicious group of Miami residents have all been indicted for crimes against children. The teacher, one having a direct influence on children’s lives daily, was arrested for a lengthy affair with a 15-year-old. Even worse was the fact that he had been accused several times of touching students and offering them money for sexual favors (Bridges). As for the priest, normally one that is respected as a spiritual leader and link to heaven above, he was caught molesting children when working in South Florida and was sent to work in Tampa were he again abused at least four more young boys (Kleinberg). But most despicable of all three is the group of Miami residents. This gaggle of disgust consisted of two men in their mid-50s and two women, ages forty-one and twenty-five. They made their living off of selling girls ranging from twelve to fifteen years young in a child prostitution ring (De Valle). If not for an anonymous tip, the group’s control and manipulation of these girls would have continued. Control, being a major issue for the pedophile, can be in the form money or expensive possessions that the child might not otherwise be able to attain. Sometimes drugs are used to “hook” them into returning to the source. Pedophiles even will go so far as to threaten the child with physical harm, shame, or lack of love to keep their silence. Going to extraordinary lengths, these predators major focus is to maintain the relationship as a secret due to the fact that it is against the law and they know the price that they will pay in jail if incarcerated. For those that do not know, pedophi...
