“I just want everyone in our community to know his name, what he looks like and what he’s done. He still seems to be cloaked in secrecy. XXXXXX swears he’s going to call every Rabbi and educator in Valley Village and warn them, and Rabbi XXXXXX not only gave his blessing but told him to do it as president of the shul. The odds seem to be pretty good that [the molester] will reoffend again some day, I’d like to think I’d done what I could to prevent it and without eating out my insides in the process.”
However he trusted the boy to be alone in some quiet and isolated place with a 6yr old. I am sure the girl’s family had good reasons for that, except we can’t guess them. Please post more information. The proper way to prevent is first of all making sure that our children are never put in a situation like that. Then, but only in second place, we have to warn our children. This can and should be done in a general manner: finger pointing is useless and counterproductive, because it gives false security.