23
September
SEX OFFENDERS AND THE INTERNET
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Transcript
LUCKY SEVERSON: You might find Karen Menake staring through the screen door of her comfortableLong Island home as if she’s expecting trouble. Although this hardly seems like a dangerousneighborhood.
KAREN MANAKE: In May, we found out that there was a sex offender living on our block. And weweren’t informed by the police.
SEVERSON: The sex offender grew up in this neighborhood, and moved back in with his mom afterserving time in jail. Like many neighbors here, Karen Manake was worried about her twodaughters.
MS. MANAKE: And I was really