Church is only one place that attracts predators. School, Boy Scouts, movie theaters, little league sports, the internet, public bathrooms, etc, etc. Anywhere where the children are is a "hangout"for the child predators.
I do wish we would not just publicize the ones caught at the church's..Although I did know of one in the church I
used to attend, and as others here have said most of the members took up for the "pig". The "pig" made his play for my grandson's friend in a public restroom. I tried to warn the church about him, because he came there and sat in the back where he could see all the little boys as they came up the aisle to go to the bathroom or outside.
The men/leaders of the church said I was "out of line" for not asking my husband to speak for me
They said my grandson may have been exaggerating and I was overreacting because the "pig" was a good man and a retired marine and county worker.
Prosecutor was glad when I spoke to him though