I think there is an increased awareness in recent decades.
Previous generations naively thought that pedophiles were a tiny minority of strang- looking men that you could pick out of a crowd.
Children's complaints tended not to be believed. It was a more deferential society where people in authority and celebrities were above scrutiny.
The past is catching up. I was talking to a prison warden a while ago - he was handcuffed to an old man in the next hospital bed to me - and he commented on an aging prison population as historical crimes are increasingly being detected and brought to court.
The Watchtower arrogantly thinks it is above the law.