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Heres a question for you all....I know soo many people that have been sexually abused as a child, that makes the abuser a pedophile. How many pedophiles do you know? doesnt that mean there are a heck of a lot of pedophiles out there????? statistics show there arent that many and its rare, if Im right about this then statistics are wrong. Any thoughts on this???
 

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only one in eight turn around and imitate the abuse that i know of. there is alot of abused and abusers. i think it depends on your area.

when we look at all the different kinds of violence there is in this world; there is deffinately too much greif, sin, and confusion in our mist. :groupray: ... surround yourself with the blessings of the Lord. let His gifts over-power the evil in us and others.
 
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Well, I thought that it was 1 in 3 people can be a pedophile. Not sure though. It is always really hard to try and gets statistics on this. I personally was sexually abused twice...by different people. As for knowing someone who is a pedophile, this is a little harder. You only know that they are one when they have admitted to it. I know of at least two other people who were done for this.
 
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