Shakeshaft

According to Dr. Charol Shakeshaft, the researcher who conducted the study, an estimated 4.5 million students are “subject to sexual misconduct by an employee of a school sometime between kindergarten and 12thgrade.”

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Shakeshaft gives a chilling description of the various techniques of “grooming”—a practice common to virtually all child molesters.

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Comparing the incidence of sexual misconduct in schools with the Catholic Church scandal, Shakeshaft notes that a study by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops concluded 10,667 young people were sexually mistreated by priests between 1950 and 2002.8

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The figures suggest “the physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests,” said Shakeshaft, according to Education Week.

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Shakeshaft acknowledges that many factors could alter the analysis, including undercounting of youth abused by priests, but she argues this simply provides impetus for better research.

HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

The figures suggest “the physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests,” said Shakeshaft, according to Education Week.

HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

Shakeshaft acknowledges that many factors could alter the analysis, including undercounting of youth abused by priests, but she argues this simply provides impetus for better research.

HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

Like all sexual predators, “sexual abusers in schools use various strategies to trap students,” explains Shakeshaft.

HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

Comparing the incidence of sexual misconduct in schools with the Catholic Church scandal, Shakeshaft notes that a study by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops concluded 10,667 young people were sexually mistreated by priests between 1950 and 2002.8

HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

Shakeshaft cites the case of one teacher, Kenneth DeLuca, who was convicted of sexually abusing thirteen students between the ages of ten and eighteen over a period of twenty-one years.

HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010