I realized this effort, this gnawing disgust, the constant interruptions as I'd get notices of *yet another* kiddie fucker to tabulate? Documenting it wasn't going to change things. Why put myself through this, why corrode my empathy, if I can't persuade one person by weight of evidence?

Data helps all disciplines tho. In Az we didn’t have a morbidity registry until the 90s, just a mortality registry. It impacts federal and state funding and is important in itself

Yep. I did child abuse intake in the 80s and things have only gone downhill in terms of frequency and ease.

I'm sorry you went through this and for the emotional trauma. Documenting might not change anything today but it could be significant in the future?

I definitely empathize with your frustration, but I also want to thank you for this hard work. You may not have convinced anyone directly, but this can be part of starting a society-wide reckoning over child abuse in America’s religious communities. We can change our societies for the better.

This is one of the worst “stare into the abyss” side projects I’ve ever seen.