This website is not just for the benefit of parents of young kids and teens. This OJP (Office of Justice Programs) blog entry urges home buyers to consult the National Sex Offender Public Website as they evaluate a home purchase. College kids living off campus and other renters should, too. The information is worth knowing even for a long-term vacation rental.

https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/archives/blogs-2018/2018-blog-smart-nsopw.htm#:~:text=For accurate, complete and free,, go to NSOPW.gov.

For information about the location of registered sex offenders (convicted of sexually violent offenses against adults and children as well as certain sexual contact and other crimes against victims who are minors) go to NSOPW.gov:

https://www.nsopw.gov/en/Search/Verification

Disgraced priest and convicted pedophile Gary Berthiaume can be found there and he has in fact moved from Michigan to Ohio, probably courtesy of some Opus Dei-type outfit.

Of course sex offender registries, websites and apps don’t include the old guys who served their CSC sentences and moved back to neighborhoods long before such a status existed under law. Nor do they include people who haven’t been reported or caught. According to the DOJ, as of 2018, there were some 850,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. Sadly, that has to be the tip of the iceberg.

And yet, consider this:

https://www.kcra.com/article/california-assembly-public-safety-committee-blocks-bill-child-trafficking/44510634

(Thanks to a reader.)

A high school teacher and baseball coach in Delaware County, Pennsylvania was charged with several felonies for allegedly having indecent sexual contact with minors.
— Read on www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-hs-teacher-baseball-coach-charged-sex-crimes-involving-students-players-police