Riverdale Farms Bldg. Your Knowledge 1. Child molesters are only attracted to children, and, therefore, are not capable of engaging in appropriate sexual relationships with consenting adults. Victims of child molestation are harmed only when offenders use force to make the victim have sex with them. Children often lie by making up stories of sexual abuse.
Children generally recover from the effects of sexual abuse on their own.
It is best to keep the abuse a secret, so that they don't have to endure talking to any one else about it. A rape offender commits his offense for sexual gratification. Offenders could stop their sexually offending behavior on their own, if only they really wanted to stop. All it takes is a desire to do so. Men who rape do so because they cannot find a consenting partner.