[unclebucknasty]

Yes, I am.

Volunteering to help stop child abuse and being compelled to participate in an investigation of unknown depth, breadth, duration, and resource burden (time, money, etc.) to you are two completely different things.

If you've never been involved in litigation or other legal situation wherein you couldn't just stop the process whenever you chose to, it might be more difficult to imagine the stress and costs involved, as well as the loss of control over one's own life.

It's nice to think that it's worth it at any cost (and at the sacrifice of one's other life responsibilities). But, of course, given that one can volunteer to make such a sacrifice without waiting to be compelled by a police investigation, then anyone who has not already chosen to do so might be wise to consider whether it's really a manner in which they can afford to help.

(EDIT: conciseness)