As a survivor of a childhood sexual assault myself, I am now just coming to a point in my life where I have the emotional and physical ability myself to deal with what has happened to me. I was assaulted over the period of a week at the age of 10 in many different ways and locations. This man was a true predator. He preyed on my dysfunctional situation and I was not his first nor his last. In my assault he pled to 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct for many various reasons however it should have been more. He missed having to register. It is only through the Child Victims Act Statute of Limitations Reprieve and the resulting lawsuits I have filed that I learned the true depths of his sickness. My situation was 150 percent preventable and I do not go a day without wondering who he is around or what he is doing to them. It is my personal belief, an attraction to children is something that lives inside you and cannot be treated. Controlled maybe.. treated Never. There should be no limits on communities be notified of these monsters. Joel Hempel still lives in Cannon Falls Mn.. A rural community and the same community he took my choices and spirit from me. He walks among us without a care in the world or no one any the wiser and my silence has allowed his secrets to be safe . NO MORE .. Sexual Abuse in any form.. destroys you, it permeates your whole life. Emotionally, physically, sexually and spiritually. It takes everything from you. Your ability to feel safe and secure in your own body more or less your own world. You cease to exist, maybe not in others eyes but certainly your own. we need to prevent this at all costs. It takes a village and I wish every day I would have had one.. So please help protect our kids and communities.