This captures most of it. This twitter account is publishing all the excerpts from the indictment.
Washington post.
Girls not brides.
Maybe this doesn't move the cultural needle immediately. But my hope is since baseball is such a prime currency on the island, that boys will see Wander throw away all those millions and selfishly think no underage girl is worth sacrificing riches when they are in the same position. Not necessarily an altruistic approach, but incremental progress in reducing the girls affected by pedo activity is a start...
Too many men like to have sex with children. Everywhere. If you think we don’t talk about it enough or are sad it will fade from the news, and it’s important to you, you should talk about it more. There is vile and foul shit going on right under our noses everywhere everyday. This is how most people deal with it. They pay attention to Wander Franco or Jerry Sandusky, get twisted into knots for a day wondering how much Joe Paterno was involved instead of giving much of a shit about the underlying problem, and move on with their days after their internet performances,* while the millions of girls and boys walking around with traumas try to do the best they can. Hopefully, some can afford therapy or good insurance, because there’s no way most people here or anywhere else are going to do shit for them, other that some internet tut-tutting about the Joe Paternos and Wander Francos of the world. You should be mad and sad and it is good you can see the forest. I am sure there are charities in the DR (or Thailand or Boston or wherever) that try to fight child abuse or support victims. That is probably the most direct way you can help. Most of us — me included — still feel mostly powerless and do nothing other than try to make the little spheres of the world where we have some control a little better.
