Megan's Law .
For Those of you who do not know this law was named for.
Megan Kanka, a little seven year-old girl whose life was ended.
prematurely when she was raped and strangled in 1994 by a neighbor, a.
twice-convicted pedophile named Jesse Timmendequas.
Imagine your thirty years-old, your married with two kids, living.
in your dream home in what you think is a safe neighborhood. Until one.
day you find out that your neighbor, the one who would watch your.
house when you went on vacation or watch your kids when you had a.
quick errand to run and couldn`t get the sitter, was molesting your four.
year-old daughter. It`s kind of hard to believe, but this is happening all.
around the world and becoming a reality for far too many people. .
We need to protect our innocent children. Every child is.
vulnerable to sexual abuse. Todays parents must face the possibility that.
someone may hurt or take advantage of their child. Child molestation is.
no longer a secret or something that can only happen to other people. It.
crosses all socio-economic levels. Sex offenders come in all shapes and.
sizes, from any part of society and can be of any sexual preference. .
Almost all abusers are someone your child knows and trusts: a relative,.
family friend, or a caretaker. According to the Times 27 percent of.
women and 16 percent of men in this country where sexually abused.
before the age of 18. If the Times figures are accurate, that works out to.
38 million adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Further more, if sexual.
abuse is being practiced today at the same rate as when these adults.
where growing up over 8 million girls and 5 million boys will be sexually.
molested before they even reach the age of eighteen. Sexual abuse is.
an abuse of power over a child and a violation of a childs right to a.
normal, happy, and trusting relationship.
Out of all criminals, sex offenders are the most likely to.
