Smokey, unfortunately, that seems to be how child molesters are found. As far as I can tell, there is no way to predict that a person is going to be a child molester. The people you'd least suspect, are the most successful child molesters. It's only after the crime, that you know a person is a child molester.

Do you have evidence to the contrary?

So, what do we do, line up our favorite prejudices, and list them as causes for child molestation? The Vatican and others did that with homosexuality, and rightly fell flat on their faces.

I suppose you could say that people who work with children are the most likely to be child molesters - but do they molest because they work with children, or do they seek out such jobs because they seek an opportunity to molest, or does the opportunity cause them to become molesters? I think it's none of the three. The percentage of molesters in any group or class is so small, then being part of a group or class is not a valid predictor.

And that includes celibacy. Only a small number of celibates molest children (and for that matter, if they molest, then they are no longer celibate, are they?)

-Joe-