Sad to say but back then it was an open secret.
The families of the boys it were done to would NOT dare say a word the embarrassment would shame the whole family forever.
It's not right but the way it was.
It happened to a cousin of mine everyone knew but nobody did anything.
You think someone would come out in that neighborhood agaisnt a Gigante, they would be scared to death.
It's just the way it was.
Wait--your cousin was being molested and no one did or said anything???? I assume you are talking 20-40 years ago, but that is not the 17th century. Didn't they keep him away if they knew he was going off to be molested every day?
