Should have done the right thing from the get go and he wouldn't have this problem. **** him, he can work at a gas station or telemarketing company for all I care. There comes a time in many people's lives when you are presented with an opportunity to do the right thing and he failed and failed badly! He was attached to the tit long enough after this thing happened, now he can pay for it.
You are correct. In trying to keep out of it and protect his future he screwed his future over entirely. Still not justice for the futures of those kids he could have prevented from being messed up though. Don't know if there is a punishment that fits the "crime" of indifference in things like this. He will have to live with this the rest of his life but his burden will be less than that of the victims.