To Guest KC:
' If it gets this bad on an internet forum, imagine going through this in the public eye.' - absolutely!
And that's another reason why a parent might not want to subject a child to police interviews and a court case, even if they know they were abused. The child might be petrified of going public. And I can't blame a parent from wanting to protect them, when it's a case of one person's word against another and the lawyers are going to tear the thing to shreds.