Child Molestation & Sexual Abuse Statistics

1. Child Molestation & Sexual Abuse Statistics

2. The number of victims of childhood sexual abuse and molestation grows each year. • This horrific crime is directly tied to the growth of pornography on the Internet. Studies conducted by the FBI have shown that pornography is extremely influential in the actions of sex offenders and serial murders. • Further, statistics show that 90 percent of the predators who molest children have had some type of involvement with pornography.

3. According to Charles Keating of Citizens for Decency Through Law, research reveals that 77% of child molesters of boys and 87% of child molesters of girls admitted imitating the sexual behavior they had seen in pornography they had watched.

4. Roughly 33% of girls and 14% of boys are molested before the age of 18, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Nearly 2/3 of all sexual assaults reported involved minors and roughly 1/3 involved children under the age of 12. In most cases, however, child molestation goes unreported. Estimates are that only 35% of sexual abuse is reported. Kids can be frightened or embarrassed and many times do not say anything.

5. Who are the abusers? Someone the child knows: (80% of the time)

6. -Relatives-Caregivers-Day care workers-Teachers-Babysitters-Youth counselors

7. -Bus drivers-Pastors-Priests-Bishops-Clergy-Boy Scout -Leaders-Team Coaches-Counselors