Who are the people sexually abusing kids?
90% of the time, a child is harmed by someone they or their family knows and trusts.
A familiar and supposedly trustworthy person might include a parent, sibling, grandparent, stepparent, other extended family, boyfriend of parent, adult friend of family, coaches, clergy (any religion), teachers, any school staff, mentors, babysitters, neighbors, teens, camp counselor, a person they met online, ANYONE. There is no set profile.
Most people who sexually abuse children are not “creepy looking strangers”. They are ordinary people—often upstanding citizens—who look just like you and me. One thing they all have in common is that they are looking for access and opportunity to abuse children.