Unfortunately, the religious wackos got involved with the "sexual predators" label, making it pretty much useless. Pretty much ANY sex related crime gives that person the lable for lifetime. I see from the replies that most people assume these are pedophiles -- generally that's not the case. It's more likely someone arrested for one of these:
- Prostitution (selling or buying)
- Being at a strip bar (dancer or customer) when a raid occures (touching or someone had alcohol)
- Caught having sex (even oral) in a parked car. (that's "public")
- Caught having sex during high school years ("rape" in most states)
So it's not as bad as you might think.
What you SHOULD be concerned about is the location of churches -- the Catholic Church has a long, long history of hiring and harboring child molestors, and to this day refuses to create a church policy of turning over child molestors to police and testifying against them. Children should never be left along near a church.