molester
a person who sexually assaults someone, especially a child: Offenders range from child pornography collectors, to molesters who use a child's body as a source of pleasure, to rapists.
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The fact that he had credible evidence Nassar was a molester.
Simone Biles was abandoned by American Olympic officials, and the torment hasn’t stopped | Sally Jenkins | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostThose Christians may grasp at conspiratorial straws to excuse their diminishing political influence — an alleged group of anonymous child molesters would make the easiest of scapegoats.
That’s what happened in Thunberg’s second example, in which detectives were looking for a suspected child molester who kept driving different vehicles to avoid detection.
Chula Vista Forum on a Controversial Police Program Got Awkward Fast | Gustavo Solis | April 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIt claims that top Democrats are Satan-worshipping, blood-drinking child molesters.
Why the Republican cult of victimhood is so dangerous | Max Boot | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostHe said he was 14 years old when a troop leader in Orlando molested him.
Boy Scouts must settle 95,000 abuse claims by next summer — or risk running out of cash | Samantha Schmidt | November 19, 2020 | Washington Post
Often Lamb comes off not as Chester the molester, but instead as a recognizable and mostly sympathetic character.
Great Weekend Reads | Malcolm Jones, Lucy Scholes, Jacob Silverman, Drew Toal | September 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
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