if you are a child and an adult abused you, would you report it, or even know what to say to a parent or someone else, and even if you had and weren't believed, and many children are not sadly, then one can see why many didn't say anything. some have come forward now because one perhaps two now grown women have come forward, or grown men for that matter, as in the case of these despicable boys homes - large scale abuse by those they trusted, it's a very hard thing for a child to deal with on any level. Some of these may have been rather starry eyed teens, but i reckon the culture at the time played a large part in the cover up..