This is the problem that you have made clear entirely.

"This is such a revolting, distressing, filthy business, too horrible to comprehend."

Then to further skew matters there is no burden of proof required when an allegation is made.

this is where these matters become of major concern, they always stir up extreme emotion and under such a situation there is too great a danger that emotion will supersede legal process.

In this country too much legal regard is given o word of mouth and this is very dangerous.

When such claims are made then if no actual evidence can be provided then it must be assumed that any such allegations cannot be substantiated.

Also...many of the recent changes have opened up a situation where people are now making all manner of allegations for a variety of reasons that are not in relation to a real offence but rather as a means of settling old scores or as in the course of an ongoing agreement..

Such allegations are frequently levied against others as the burden of proof has been lowered to such a degree that it makes this so straightforward and there is no chance of being called to account should your allegations seriously fall down.

the sole reliance on word of mouth "evidence" has also had severe and far reaching implications within the ~Family court system also.