Publicizing Child Molester's Prison Release

The first three links below contain information about my efforts to publicize my brother's release from prison in March 1994 after he completed his sentence for sexually abusing a young child.

• Two of the newspaper articles that resulted from my efforts.

• Lengthy essay regarding my reflections about this experience.

• Full text of the press releases I mailed in February 1994.

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• My reaction to the local child-molestation trial of elementary-school teacher Neal Shumate.

• California Molester Hotline Number

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

• Klaas Foundation for Children

• Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abductions

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  Please read the following "form reply" before you write to me:

  This is a "form letter" which I send in reply to email about these issues.

  I am responding to your inquiry regarding child molestation, sex offenders, and/or "Megan's Law."

  I get 5 to 10 email messages every week on this subject, in addition to more than 500 other email messages per week that demand my attention. Due to time constraints, I simply cannot devote adequate time to reviewing and replying to these messages individually. In addition, I have moved on in my life and I do not wish to spend more time and energy discussing my brother.

  Everything I have to say about this subject is posted in my essay (linked from http://www.markwelch.com/molestpr.htm and http://www.markwelch.com/molestpr.htm) and I am not interested in expanding on that information any further. I wrote that essay in the spring of 1994 and I have not updated it since then. I have had no contact with my brother since his release from prison, and I am not certain of his whereabouts (although I believe he moved to Arizona).

  I do not wish to share any thoughts or comments about "Megan's Law," community notification, or other efforts to register or publicize sex offenders.

  I do not have time to reply to students working on papers about this subject, nor will I respond to reporters.

  I thank you for your comments and support, and I wish you luck in your efforts.

  -- Mark J. Welch