I have gotten very angry at the people who have abused these boys.

Yup. That I'm familiar with.

A long time ago, one of those people could have been me.

This, however, has not been an illusion I have suffered from. I... really don't identify with rapists on account of the God-blessing of my sexual orientation any more than I would expect the average heterosexual runs around identifying with rape.

For those who work with youth, who still have the desire and lust, try working with the youth who have been through it. You will be changed.

...and I was a bit young when I started hanging out with young'ns to know if I was so much changed... but, yes, it definately reinforced the fact that I don't really feel that I have much in common with their rapist. For starters, they didn't really feel I had much in common with their rapist, and were pretty capable of differentiating what they didn't want from what they did.

...they were pretty often unsettlingly secure in the knowledge of what they did and didn't want, too.

So it would appear that we have almost-opposite reactions. You're... a repentant rapist, I'm... not a rapist. Odd.

...I could try to ponder the whys of such matter. Ah well...