Not necessarily. Some offenders do stop by making a commitment to not repeat their actions, and sticking to it. Other abusers report agonising over their shame, but they later repeat the abuse. The problem with sexual offending is that when it occurs in response to upset feelings, and the pleasure experienced alleviates those negative feelings, a pattern can be established in memory. That is, positive anticipatory fantasies can come into mind again in the future when upset, together with the “mental solution” of having sexual contact with a child, which can promote reoffending. At that point, the shame is out of sight and out of mind. It doesn’t help.