Rayona

This story just sickens me. I hate hearing about child molesters in the news and reading about it is just as bad, I know that it is not real but the author is able to capture/depict what took place and it is horribly accurate from what I have gathered from the news and whatnot. I have a hard time understanding how Father Tom was able to get so close to these children without the families becoming suspicious. It is obvious that his position in the church helps, but if he comes out of nowhere and molests Rayona, it just seems that he has probably done it before. If he has done this before, I would think that there would be signs of touching or words said that might give him away, but I guess not. It just seems that kids now are way more willing to come forward and report what happened to them. As the story keeps going, it seems as if Rayona just cannot get away from Father Tom, he shows up everywhere, but this is probably because he is paranoid of her telling people about what he did to her. Rayona from what I have read seems like she just wants to get away and have Father Tom disappear more than she wants to tell on him, but I've been wrong before. Overall, this reading was not very enjoyable due to the topic and I hope that it gets better as the book goes along.