How much do you know about pedophiles? Maybe not a lot, because it's a repulsive subject, arguably the worst of all crimes. Nobody likes to think about it.
But there's one sick, sordid fact that comes up again and again in scientific studies of pedophilia: It's a compulsion. They can't stop without some kind of medical treatment.
http://www.theatlantic.com/...
So now, as it looks like a second victim of Hastert the teacher/coach may soon come forward, it's time to ask: How many of us are going to choose to believe this was only happening before Hastert reached Congress? Please follow me below the serpentine squiggle of schadenfreude for further rumination, previous forgotten history and few hypothesis that are beyond unsettling but deserving of consideration and debate.