First off, the punishment for child sex crimes should be torture and death. Perhaps throw them tied up into a cage full of starving sewer rats. Let them feast on his face while he screams. Perhaps being boiled alive in oil, or maybe tie him down and send him to Saddam for some fun.

Anyways, it's just human nature to only aknowlege a problem after the consequence. Look at WWII, we didn't do anything untill they blew up Pearl Harbor... just look at practially all wars in the past... people always are late to the punch.