While the emotion response is typically that most satisfying, it rarely is the most effective.
Fact is that punishment is a deterrent only to a certain extent, even capital punishment.
Abusers of all sorts are attracted to certain professions, like the priesthood and the above ones in the article, and to certain volunteer work where they h ave easy access to their victims.
I know of at least one case of a young man that went into the priesthood hoping to have his problem fixed or controlled and of course, that didn't work and he ended up abusing ( he got professional help and while still a priest he does NOT get involved with children at all and yes, he did his time also).
We need to be better at finding the causes, making sure these people do NOT get into positions of trust and access, make sure those that have been found with this disease get the help they need.
AND we must make sure that when caught, they are punished.
Punishment must be part of he process, if not for the sick person, for the victims and survivors.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !