“One can say that a molester is a mazik, and as such is chayav the same as any other mazik. But that is not a special chiyuv for molestation.”
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Harav SZ Auerbach, zt”l, Harav YS Elyashiv, zt”l, and the Tzitz Eliezer, zt”l, paskened that a molester is a rodef, not a mere mazik. Victims of molestation who are left scarred with severe emotional trauma, often die from substance abuse and suicide. Perhaps you recall a very public example of this which took place in Brooklyn almost a decade ago.