

And for groups like this it makes perfect sense that many would see reporting it and publicizing it as having a risk of hurting the group as a whole, victim included. You try internal means of dealing with the issue if you can, or you try warning potential victims, or you just try to move on.
It’s one of the reasons it’s so bad to associate groups with unrelated crimes and heinous acts.


As someone like that, the key is to be affable, apologize, and ask how you know each other. It’s not a big deal, most people aren’t offended