Misunderstanding

Tonight we will see on Australian Story the account of rugby star, Ian Roberts, involvement (but not sexual involvement) with a young man of 15 who was murdered. All the more extraordinary because of Roberts' controversial admission (now over a decade ago) of his own gay sexuality.
Roberts will tell of how difficult it is in our liberal society to be honest about these issues, and how he himself...though never a suspect...fled his responsibility to try and shed light on this whole sorry mess.
I don't think Roberts is to be blamed, but I long for a time when a homosexual person will not automatically be assumed to be a child molester. Evidence throughout the world shows that by a factor of at least 5 to 1 paedophiles offend against girls. We do not automatically assume that because a person is heterosexual therefore they are likely to be a child molester....perhaps we should
I don't think I am alone in longing for a time when gay people (yes! they are people too) will be free from guilt by association.
It seems to me that the problem about paedophilia in our society is not essentially about sexuality at all. It is about gender though! The issue is not how can we stop a person of particular sexuality acting a certain way...the issue is what can we do about a culture that has allowed men to get away with this sort of behaviour.
How have we allowed men to violate our children.
Well done the brave Ian Roberts. But there are those who will not see beyond his forthright and honest admissions of years ago, shame on them.