Bhenji, whilst we want to maliciously trash the reputation of any Sikh (not our intention), we should never sit idley by and turn a blind eye when things like this happen, even if it's "prominent" Gursikhs. And this is exactly why perpetrators do these things and get away with it, because they know they can. They know that, because of their status within the sangat, people will be ready to stand by them. And, because the truth is known only by a few, their voices get drowned out entirely because they are called liars etc.
I absolutely ? agree that we need to go through the system (police, other organisations etc.). But sometimes the system does fail you. And in the case of sexual abuse, in an alarming percentage of cases, the system does fail the victim.
And in the case of my friend, he did go through the police, the courts. The right way. But in the end, money and power set the perpetrators free. And when that happens, you lose faith in the system. You do.
I genuinely fear for the people who still trust people like these perpetrators. And unfortunately, these die hard fanboys only realise when it happens in their own home, but by then it's too late...