If you're worried about him grabbing a random kid (like in the kids speak story), no amount of publicity can stop that.
I disagree. It’s not so much the grabbing a child (and of course there are things to put in place to prevent that from occurring *if* someone knows there’s a potential predator in the area) but the grooming that can occur in broad daylight if other parents are not made aware that this specific person poses a threat.
There was a story in Lakewood quite a few years back where a high school girl accused a *very* respected person in the Kehillah of a horrible incident. The girl approached the Yeshiva that employed him who to their credit did at least perform a superficial investigation but nothing was done, authorities were never contacted, and the matter was dropped and kept under wraps.
Fast forward around seven years and a major story broke about this fellow involving quite a few women. The story broke because someone distributed a pamphlet among members of his shul detailing specific incidents. He was subsequently stripped of most Yeshiva/communal duties and the Rav of his shul took a strong stance against him (not outright throwing him out, but not allowing him to participate in many capacities) and the story was publicized. A police investigation was started but stalled almost immediately when nobody wanted to come forward.
If the story would have been publicized years ago, there would be fewer victims. I can’t judge what problem or need is greater but each individual victim who was harmed irreparably after the first incident can be held against anyone who enabled the earlier story to be brushed under the rug.
Many people still defend him (most of whom never bothered to do any research on the facts, but utilizing the knee jerk reaction of “he’s too chashuv to be guilty”) and deny all of the allegations and most members of his community show him great respect and celebrate him, but I’m sure they would not allow their daughters to stay in his home. He is slowly acclimating and regaining some of his former positions, I do not know where he is holding as far as dialogue with victims etc.
ETA: Just want to add that a relative of mine was personally involved in having an out of town girl sleep at that person’s house for some time. If he would have heard such a thing in advance that arrangement would never have occurred and the relative really blames himself for possibly being negligent.
I subsequently spoke to a girl who was a classmate of the original victim. She hadn’t even heard of the scandal but she knew the name of the guy right away and said it was common knowledge in her class but they didn’t spread it for fear of loshon hora.