Most abusers known and trusted by victims
Gary Craig – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK in the D&C on 4/17/21 on page A1
For years, while working as a school sentry at the former James Madison School of Excellence, Andre Johnson sodomized young boys who trusted him. David Blaszcak, a Wayne County family physician, sexually abused dozens of young patients. And Joseph Calabrese, a worker at an Irondequoit day care center, molested five girls, ages 5 to 12, over a four-year period.
While there have long been “stranger danger” fears for children, history shows that people in positions of trust — or relatives or known neighbors — are
the most likely to engage in child abuse.
“Kids are more likely to be sexually abused by someone they know and someone they have respect for and
Ashton