His daughter was left a suicidal drug addict after years of being drugged, forced to take birth control pills, and being sexually abused by her father. Pornography becomes a tool in the hand of a child molester. The magazines and photographs are used to convince a child that other children are sexually active and to instruct the child in how to perform. Thus, a cycle begins as these encounters may then be recorded and distributed to those who will use them to coax other children into sex. Enough Is Enough Campaign reports that 87 percent of convicted molesters of girls and 77 percent of convicted molesters of boys admit to using pornography, most often in the commission of their crimes.
Children suffer emotionally, psychologically, and physically.
They have reported both forced ingestion of feces, blood, and semen, and having these same materials smeared on their bodies. These experiences have the potential to distort, arrest, or destroy the developing sense of self. Childhood is shattered. The offenders may get 10 to 15 years in prison, but the children are sentenced to life. One young man recounted that during the criminal trial of the leaders of the sex ring that had molested him, his was the only name to be released to the public.