First off, “Rev.,” it seems YOU are the one with very set — and very wrong about so-called “child prostitution.” Show me one statute, JUST ONE, where someone is charged with “pedophilia.” Pedophilia is a clinical term, not a legal term. Second, anecdotal examples are not the same as statistical proof. The problem I had with the article is that a blatantly false stat is used to declare an “epidemic.’ There IS no “child prostitution” epidemic in America! Sure, there are rare examples, but rare examples don’t make an epidemic. What you stated is no less true for adult prostitutes in regards to drug culture, but in order to pad the stats, America is changing the definitions of trafficking to include two consenting adults engaging in an exchange of sexual favors for financial compensation. (May as well outlaw marriage since these days that is little more than long-term consensual prostitution, too.)

When I see real, verified stats and not estimations of “at-risk” populations, then you can address me. Until then, your anecdotes fail to impress.