It has been proven that pedophiles will molest and will molest over and over until they are locked away or dead. Why do you think the prosecution and supervision of these types of crimes are so aggresive?
I want to comment for a moment here, though some may view this as attempting to hijack, but I think this information is vital to the OP in reaching an informed decision.
The US DOJ statistics show that the rate of recidivism for sexual abusers of children is at 3%, the lowest rate of all crimes, next to murder. Sex Offender Treatment Programs (SOTP'S) have been fine tuned since their inception over 10 years ago, and are proven successful. They are extremely intense and over the course of the 3-5 years it takes for a person to successfully complete one, allow some, not all, but some abusers to actually become rehabilitated.
I do not now, nor will I ever condone the abuse of a child, the disabled, women, the elderly, or anyone else that could be vulnerable to such abuse.
it has gotten to a point where anyone accused of such a horrific crime, is guilty before they ever make it to court. Many lives have been destroyed, families broken apart and innocent people killed in prison because of the emotional irrationality that overwhelms juries and almost everyone involved in these type of cases.
This is exactly why I chose my signature on here as I have. Society continues to look to their elected representatives for the "warm and fuzzy", feel-good-do-nothing laws that continue to hamper the very rehabilitation that sexual offenders need to become successful so they do not re-offend. The entire point is this; sexual offenders come from all walks of life. They are Judges, Senators, teachers, firemen, policemen, Joe-schmoe off the street, and unfortunately, there will be future victims. Murderer's also come from all walks of life. All types of criminals come from all walks of life. It is the criminal thinking errors they practice that allows them to commit their offenses.
What Uncle Fester is doing here is "grooming" his nephew, to see how much he can get away with. He wants to see the reactions, to gauge how far his next move should be.
Regular counseling will not help here. He must agree to voluntarily walk into an SOTP, and remain a client there, until the counselor feels he has learned that what he is currently doing, leads to the sexual abuse of a child, and what the child will suffer as a result of his actions. There really are some people that have no idea whatsoever, how their actions in abusing a child affects that child.
From the age of 3 until I was 14, I was victimized. I do not seek sympathy, but rather understanding that these crimes, while considered the most horrendous outside of murder, do exist and will exist, there are treatment methods for the abusers that do allow them to be rehabilitated, and hence my reason for becoming a counselor for them. I am in touch daily with Probation / Parole officers, and can assure everyone I counsel that they will be immediately discharged, most likely revoked and sent to prison, for failure to change the way their minds work. I guess I get to do the grooming now, except on a positive level.