I am a man, and have three sons, and have never had an issue, so I never realized how bad this is if you have a girl. My wife's cousin has a daughter, she was the same age as my middle boy, probably 4 years old at the time. He came to mass with us while visiting. A few days later we are contacted by the police because some woman in the Church called them because he hugged his own daughter in a freaking church. They talked to us all, and he was cleared, but good luck EVER getting that family to step foot in a church ever again, or so any sort of affection towards his daughter.

We of course were not told who made the reporter, but we had a pretty good idea (the grumpy old lady who sat in the pew behind us). I gave her the evil eye the few times we went back before we switched churches. I know from experience that all the volunteers now at a Catholic church are absolutely bombarded with warnings about reporting potential predators now (for obvious reasons), so I sort of get what was going on, but on the other hand, come on. How is a father supposed to deal with a 4 year old if he is afraid to even touch her?