The movie is in part a re-enactment of the real life child sex abuse case, in which one of the main characters in the film, not in the book, is in fact an actual boy.

'I can't be made to see that in the same way I can't be made to be gay. It's not in my job description. The law says it's not. And in this day and age, you can't just call me in to work in a different name