Dear Editor,
This letter is in response to Darren Seiber’s article titled “Child molestation is a disease.” Seiber argues that the punishments that are given to a child molester in our society, both judicially given and those imposed by society as a whole are neither merciful nor just.
Seiber goes on to say that Clovis Claxton was driven to suicide because of the unjust act of putting flyers up in Claxton’s neighborhood calling him a child rapist.
Having been raped as a child, by a neighbor, who the police knew had a “fondness” for young boys, I must support the dissemination of information concerning known child molesters.
Had my parents or the parents of my rapists other victims known of his propensity they never would of allowed us near him.
Seiber goes on to say that “Clovis Claxton suffered more than any other person involved in this case.” Unless Seiber was Claxton’s victim, which I hope he wasn’t, he has no idea of what he’s talking about.
Being raped stays with a person until the day they die. It causes feelings of shame, sexual confusion and self-esteem issues. Victims of rape often suffer from many mental illness including post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Seiber says that child molestation is a disease, which is true; it’s a sexually transmitted disease. Most child molesters were themselves molested.
– ETSU Student

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