[Margaret Pilkington]

BJ...you ask a valid question.
'Where were the parents?'
I am sure you must have children, possibly grand children too....so you should know that you cannot be behind them 24 hours in a day. That they can be very devious in deceiving their parents...especially if what they are doing would be stopped if the parents knew about it. All young people want to be grown up, to act grown up...do the things they see grown ups doing...it is a part of growing up.

The parents are victims as much as the children. They suffer in a similar way.
We all want to protect our children to the best of our ability.

Also in the grooming scandals that involved young white girls you must be aware that some of these girls were from good respectable families. Some of these girls were as young as 11 years old....pre-pubescent.
Families identified problems, but these were ignored by the people who were in authority to protect these girls.
Some of the girls who were groomed were in the care of Social services...and they did nothing, despite being made aware of the issues.
They did nothing at all to deal with it because of the ethnic group these men belonged to.
A community health nurse kept records and presented a huge dossier of names date and events...still nothing was done.
All because the men were from a Pakistani heritage.

The abuse of children has always gone on (not always sexual) and this cannot be excused or condoned, but where it is exposed it should be acted upon, those who,perpetrate this abuse, and those who thwart justice for these young people by covering up the abuse should be dealt with in a way which acts as a firm deterrent.

I won't hold my breath waiting for it to happen.

Much of the grooming of young white girls which has gone on unchecked in many areas(Rochdale, Rotherham, Oxford Newcastle etc etc) is because of the cultural background of Pakistani Muslims....they see these girls not as human beings, but as 'meat' to be passed around for their sexual gratification...because they would not countenance girls from their own community being treated in such a manner.
They use manipulative measures to get girls into their clutches...drugs, alcohol and gifts.

BJ, you are right about there being bad people from every kind of community....when did you see a report of gangs of white British men grooming girls in this way?
Do you really think that the authorities would deal with something like that in a similar way to how these Pakistani men were dealt with?

As for the sexual abuse that went on in the Catholic church...again this is because priests are not allowed to marry.
Boys were sexually abused because they would never get pregnant...so hiding it was easier.
Again this is a cultural issue.
Hiding it was as bad as doing it.
Sexual abuse of minors goes on in the elite circles....this is covered up too....MP's, Judges, Lords....all have indulged and it has been covered up.
And because of this justice for these young boys and girls is hard to achieve....and that is the more pertinent question.