Child abuse is not a new phenomena, in any area of everyday life where adults hold reign over children and infants, abusers will appear. It is not confined to men, it is not confined to any age group, until the abuser starts his evil practices it is impossible to identify them, there is no outward sign. Unfortunately in our society there has often been a stigma attached to the abused and often in times past they were not to be believed, primarily because if it was believed then it would become all too real. Thankfully we now live in more open times and we have a breed of abused who are prepared to stand up and give up their anonymity and bring this out in the public forum. This current spate of child abuse revelations must be investigated fully and the abusers punished accordingly. I don`t mean chemical castration but custodial sentences, chemical castration only works if the medication is taken, prison works unequivocally. In my belief it is not possible to "cure" paedophiles, as long as there are children they will be a risk. I have tried to write this in a restrained fashion, my gut feeling on the way paedophiles should be treated would not be fitting for a forum such as this. How sad that this should even have to be raised.