While there have been no formal studies to determine how many child molesters have coached youth teams, a computer -
database search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just in the last 18 months of coaches in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted of sexually abusing children engaged in nine sports from
baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that child sex - abuse victims,
for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear of their molesters, rarely report the crime.