Just like the Catholic Church is not the only religion to do so, I'm not saying that BJJ is the only martial art to harbor and protect sex criminals.
But it is the most prominent. Not so much in the prevalence of sex criminals but in the efforts to protect them. Whether they're big names or local nobodies. It would appear that kid diddling is the new meta in BJJ.
But why?
At the end BJJ is a silly activity. It's not that important. It could disappear off the face of the Earth and most people won't notice anything different.
Imagine if it was hopscotch instead.
Hopscotch schools, hopscotch associations, hopscotch seminars, hopscotch instructionals, etc. Then some people get rich off it.
Crazy, right?
Now imagine if some of these same people commit sex crimes but the hopscotch community does nothing about it. At best. At worst, they excuse it, downplay it, ignore it, or cover it up. For "good" reason. It will look bad for hopscotch if these criminals were exposed. Hopscotch schools may have to close down. There's a lot of money at risk too. And little Timmy won't be able to play hopscotch with his friends in the school again because the next closest one is three miles away. So best to let these people commit sex crimes with impunity.
But it's just hopscotch! Yet people will do their best to protect criminals for the sake of hopscotch. >!Yup, I got banned from the other place for the BJJ-Catholic Church comparison!<