Pedophilia
Pedophiles Can’t Hide Behind Digitally Altered Photos Anymore!
Interpol releases new photos of long-term pedophiles and warns others they can’t hide behind digital technology anymore.
Police Rescue Toddler Being Molested Live Online
A Toronto police investigator posing as an online pedophile to track down child molesters was shocked when a man he had established a relationship with transmitted to him real-time pictures of a preschooler being molested.
Ohio Man Says Having Sex with Boys Is His Civil Right
A Cleveland man accused of sexually assaulting nine disabled boys says that he has a ministry devoted to having pedophilia recognized as a civil right.
Thai Police Arrest Paedophile Suspect
Canadian detained after German police unscrambled image in which his face was digitally obscured.
Thai Police Name Suspected Web Paedophile
Manhunt starts after Interpol appeal identifies suspected internet pedophile as Canadian English teacher Christopher Paul Neil.
Child Abuser Identified As English Teacher
Detectives hunting a pedophile pictured on websites sexually abusing young children have identified him as an English language teacher in south-east Asia, Interpol confirmed yesterday.
Interpol Rebuilds Photo to Find Paedophile
Scrambled picture on porn sites made recognizable· Worldwide call to public to find serial offender
The Notional Paedophile Now Dictates What We Can Look at
Libby Brooks: Whatever the artistic import, images of naked children are now viewed by society exclusively through a sexual filter.
On the Twisted Trail of a Child Rapist Let Loose
Pedophile Francis Evrard had spent most of his adult life behind bars. Last month on his release, he struck again, sparking fear and outrage across France. Jason Burke traces his path in one of the country's most deprived regions.
Sister Sues Nbc After Suspected Paedophilia's Suicide on Tv Show
The sister of a former district attorney who killed himself as police went to arrest him for suspected pedophilia has sued the television company that was filming the raid as part of a reality television show.
Madeleine McCann - Remember Me - Justice For Paedophiles
Justice for Madeliene McCann. Who is to blame
Police Smash Global Internet Paedophile Ring
200 British suspects among 700 worldwide - 31 children rescued from abuse
The 29-year-old Paedophile Who Turned Himself Into a 12-year-old Schoolboy
Accused shaved off body hair and dressed as a child - Accomplices pretended to be grandfather and uncle
Call to Ban Movie With Girl, 12, in Rape Scene
Religious right says film celebrates paedophilia - Protests follow premiere at Sundance festival
'Paedophilia' Scandal Over Starlet's Film
Controversy erupts over child rape depiction.
Decision 06 - Is the GOP's 'Scare' strategy running on fumes?
With the on-going "Sex & Pedophilia" scandal involving now resigned Republican Congressman, Mark Foley (R - FL), this destructive Republican administration has switched gears mid-stream -- from a wanton catastrophe to a circus of "Catastrophilia."
Dutch Court Lets Paedophile Party Contest Country's General Election
· Policies include legalising sex at 12 and child porn · Judge says voters must decide on arguments
Belgium Faces Its Painful Past As Two Girls Go Missing
· Police hunt seven and 10-year-old 'disparues' · Posters remind Belgians of horrific paedophile case
Child-killer Town in Fear Again 10 Years on
Thousands of 'missing' posters have been plastered across Belgium after two schoolgirls disappeared from the same town where the paedophile murderer, Marc Dutroux, struck 10 years ago.
Paedophile Bill Outlaws Sex Between 16 Year Olds
An emergency law aimed at preventing Irish child-sex offenders from getting out of prison has ended up criminalising sex between consenting teenagers.
Victims of False Paedophilia Case Tell French Mps of Ruined Lives
Thirteen victims of one of France's biggest postwar legal fiascos fought back tears yesterday as they told an independent parliamentary inquiry how their lives had been ruined by false accusations of child sex abuse.
French Paedophile Ring Case Turns Into Judicial Fiasco
What began five years ago as one of France's most shocking paedophile cases last night turned into one of its biggest judicial fiascos as an appeals court acquitted six accused - meaning just four of the 17 men and women originally charged will finally have been found guilty.
Scandal of Sexual Abuse By Priests Shocks Brazil's 125 Million Catholics
· 10% of country's clergy are sex offenders, says Vatican · Paedophilia trial reveals vulnerability of the poor.
Australia Deports Paedophile to Uk
A British paedophile who has spent 37 years in jail in Australia is being been deported back to the UK. Robert Excell, 66, has a string of child sex convictions dating back to the 1960s.
British Paedophile to Be Deported From Australia
A British paedophile who has spent 37 years in an Australian jail is to be deported to the UK, officials said today.
To Make the Nation's Flesh Creep
Roy Hattersley: Paedophiles, Gypsies, early parole - nothing is too low for Howard.
The Roots of Pedophilia
It would be wise to redefine pedophilia as an attraction to or sexual acts with prepubescent children or with people of the equivalent mental age (e.g., retarded) in contravention of social, legal, and cultural accepted practices.
British Priest Held in Bangkok Over Sex Case
A British Anglican priest has been arrested in Thailand following a request from Australia where he is wanted on paedophile charges, Thai officials said yesterday. John Mountford, 49, an Australian resident, was arrested on Wednesday at his Bangkok home, weeks after returning to the...
European Paedophiles Flock to Gambian 'smiling Coast'
Sex tourists turn to the Gambia as authorities in Thailand and the Philippines campaign to keep them off their soil.
Dutroux Gets Life in Prison
The Belgian paedophile Marc Dutroux was sentenced to life in prison today for kidnapping, raping and murdering young girls. A 12-member jury and three-judge panel returned the sentence, bringing to an end the trial in Arlon, south-east Belgium, which has horrified the nation and been...
Dutroux Insists He Was Part of Paedophile Ring
Marc Dutroux insisted yesterday that he was not a "lone predator" who kidnapped and raped young girls but part of a wider paedophile ring. Dutroux, a convicted child rapist and drug dealer, is charged with three co-defendants, including his former wife, Michelle Martin, with kidnapping...
Portuguese Tv Star on Child Sex Charges
Portugal's most famous television personality is among eight people to have been indicted on paedophilia charges, according to court documents yesterday. Carlos Cruz, known in Portugal as "Mr TV" after presenting a series of popular programmes over the past two decades, will go on trial...
Focus: J'accuse
Myriam Badaoui, the woman who accused 17 neighbours of paedophilia in 2001, has just admitted lying. Alex Duval Smith reports on a case that has ruined lives and blighted the judicial system.
Euan Ferguson on the Belgian Paedophile Trial
At last Marc Dutroux's sex crime trial has begun, and Belgium's cry for justice is embodied in a witness who, when a 12-year-old eight years ago, was raped 20 times. Euan Ferguson reports from Arlon.
Jurors Make Their Excuses As Dutroux Goes on Trial
Paedophile's murder case is too traumatic, judge is told.
Belgian Paedophilia Trial Begins
The long-awaited trial of an alleged child killer charged with kidnapping and abusing six girls aged from eight to 19, four of whom died, today began in Belgium. Four bodies were dug up, and two sexually abused girls rescued from cells in Marc Dutroux's basement in 1996 but the case, by...
A Nightmare Revisited
Seven long years after his arrest, Belgium is to confront its demons and put paedophile Marc Dutroux on trial, writes Andrew Osborn.
Child Killer's Love Letters to Girl, 15
A fresh scandal over Belgium's handling of the paedophile Marc Dutroux erupted yesterday after it was revealed that he was for two years allowed to correspond romantically with a 15-year-old girl from his prison cell.
Paedophile Held in Spain
Spanish police said yesterday they had picked up a British paedophile based on the Costa del Sol who passed himself off as a famous pop music agent looking for talented youngsters. The man was named by a Spanish newspaper as a Mr Wood, though police would only confirm his age as 55 and...
Portugal's Crisis of Confidence
Government resignations and a paedophilia scandal have sent faith in Portuguese state institutions plummeting, Giles Tremlett.
Sex Abuse Report Criticises Queen's Man in Canberra
Former archbishop fights calls to quit for failing to sack paedophile. The governor general of Australia, the Rt Rev Peter Hollingworth, is ignoring calls to resign after the publication yesterday of a report which found he had "acted inappropriately" by refusing to sack a paedophile priest in 1995, when he was the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
Online ID scheme to target paedophiles
An electronic age verification scheme designed to crack down on paedophiles who use the internet to groom child victims was launched today by the UK's largest photo ID card scheme, CitizenCard.
'Paedophile'smear angers Irish abuse victims
A secret Irish government report smeared victims of sex abuse at Catholic Church-run orphanages by branding them dysfunctional and potential paedophiles.
The Plight of the Pedophile
Investigation into the morality of Pedophilia. The condition of the Pedophile today is the same as the condition of the blasphemer 200, 300, 400, or 500 years ago. He is outcast from society, branded with the marks of infamy, detested from every social class and every nobility.
Abuse scandal rocks Germany
German police are hoping the ground will thaw enough this week for them to start digging in a quarry in their hunt for the body of a five-year-old boy whose death at the hands of a paedophile ring has sent shockwaves through the country.
Norwegian paedophile ring exposed
Under the lifeless afternoon sky, the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes and its tiny population of immigrants from neighbouring Russia is less than welcoming. The next stop is the North Pole.
Panic on the screens
There is no telling at this stage whether or not Pete Townshend is a paedophile. Obviously, a committed journalist could trawl his oeuvre for ambiguity and dodgy sentiment, but given the choice, I'd rather bob him in a well and see if he drowns which, if no fairer, at least has a stronger precedent in British legal tradition, and would be more fun to watch.
A Law unto himself? US cardinal fights for survival
Church in turmoil as senior Catholic accused of hiding sexual corruption, paedophilia and drug dealing among priests travels to Rome.
Portugal's Elite Linked to Paedophile Ring
A scandal over a paedophile ring run from a state orphanage gripped Portugal yesterday as it threatened to engulf diplomats, media personalities and senior politicians. Photographs of unnamed senior government officials with young boys from Lisbon's Casa Pia orphanage were among the...
$300m lawsuit claims Catholic bishop covered up for paedophile priests
Roman Catholic church leaders in New York covered up for 13 paedophile priests in scores of instances of child abuse spanning three decades, and set up a secret bank account to be used to buy victims' silence, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Boston clergy end child sex row with $10m payoff
Catholic authorities in Boston have agreed to pay $10m (£6.5m) to 86 people who accused a convicted paedophile priest of molesting them. The settlement brings to a close the acrimonious legal dispute that triggered the abuse scandal still shaking the church in the United States.
Failure to vet coaches sparks fears
Paedophiles could be working undetected within British sport, sports bodies fear, since they have been unable to carry out a single check on any coach in the country due to the chaos at the Criminal Records Bureau.
'Sickening' paedophilia books rock French literary world
The first scandal of France's week-old literary season has erupted over two violent and sexually explicit novels whose heroes are an obsessive paedophile and a perverted serial killer with a preference for very young girls, including his two-year-old daughter.
Parents charged in paedophile ring
A network of parents who sexually molested their own children and traded pictures of them on the internet has been cracked by American and European investigators, the US customs service said yesterday as it announced 20 arrests on both sides of the Atlantic.
Healing the abusers
Treatment is vital in preventing paedophiles reoffending. But the problem is complex, and public ignorance also needs to be tackled.
Police Swoop on International Net Paedophile Ring
Fifty suspected paedophiles were arrested in seven countries this morning, in an international police operation to smash an internet child pornography ring focusing on child sex abuse.
Sect demands biblical proof
Elders of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the US have been given instructions to deal with paedophiles after a series of damaging revelations.
Media Revel in Abuse Scandal
Man tipped as next pope says US coverage of paedophile priests resembles persecutions under Stalin and Hitler.
Dutroux Victim's Family Quit Trial
Six years after their eight-year-old daughter's defiled body was unearthed at the home of Marc Dutroux, the parents of Melissa Russo say they have lost faith in investigators and are withdrawing from the convicted Belgian paedophile's long-awaited trial. He is charged with kidnapping and...
Madeline Bunting: Last Rites for Priests
Long before the paedophile crisis hit the US, the numbers entering the priesthood were in freefall throughout the west.
Church Will Weed Out Paedophile Priests, Pope Tells Us Cardinals
The Pope signalled an intensification of the hunt for paedophiles within the Roman Catholic church yesterday when he told American cardinals summoned to an emergency summit in Rome that sex abuse by priests was a crime. Hinting at a new policy of zero tolerance to end the scandals...
Abuse inquiry urged as Irish bishop quits
Allegations against paedophile priests have convulsed the Catholic church in Ireland this month, forcing the resignation of the long-serving Bishop of Ferns, Dr Brendan Comiskey, and further undermining trust in the hierarchy.
Paedophile Priest Urges Movement to Stem Abuse
A Roman Catholic priest who abused eight boys in his care wants to start a movement for fellow abusers in the American church, in the hope of highlighting the problem and preventing similar assaults taking place. Father Neil Conway's call coincides with a poll which shows that most...
Pope Condemns 'grievous Evil' of Paedophile Priests
The Pope denounced paedophilia in priests as the work of the devil yesterday: his harshest condemnation of a phenomenon that has tarnished the reputation of the Roman Catholic church and threatens to bankrupt many of its dioceses. "As priests, we are personally and profoundly afflicted by...
Belgium still haunted by paedophile scandal
He stands accused of committing the vilest of crimes - of raping, torturing and murdering young girls as young as eight for his own sexual gratification. And yet Marc Dutroux, already a convicted paedophile, has still not been brought to justice. Dutroux, Belgium's public enemy number...
Dutroux says he procured girls for Belgian network
Marc Dutroux, the Belgian electrician accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering four young girls in the mid-1990s, has claimed that he did not act alone but was part of a wider paedophile network. The horror of his alleged crimes brought 350,000 people on to the streets of Brussels in...
The monster within
From a young age, when I was nine a was molested by my uncle. Ever since I have blamed myself and titled myself a pedophile and as I’ve gotten older it has become more. Now I am fighting back these feelings and this poem is about just that…
The Town That Sold Its Children
France is in shock as 66 residents go on trial for gruesome paedophilia.
Britons Arrested As Worldwide Child Porn Ring Smashed
Six alleged British members of the most technically sophisticated internet paedophile ring ever cracked by police were yesterday arrested as part of a series of worldwide raids.
Canadian detained after German police unscrambled image in which his face was digitally obscured.
Thai Police Name Suspected Web Paedophile
Manhunt starts after Interpol appeal identifies suspected internet pedophile as Canadian English teacher Christopher Paul Neil.
Child Abuser Identified As English Teacher
Detectives hunting a pedophile pictured on websites sexually abusing young children have identified him as an English language teacher in south-east Asia, Interpol confirmed yesterday.
Interpol Rebuilds Photo to Find Paedophile
Scrambled picture on porn sites made recognizable· Worldwide call to public to find serial offender
The Notional Paedophile Now Dictates What We Can Look at
Libby Brooks: Whatever the artistic import, images of naked children are now viewed by society exclusively through a sexual filter.
On the Twisted Trail of a Child Rapist Let Loose
Pedophile Francis Evrard had spent most of his adult life behind bars. Last month on his release, he struck again, sparking fear and outrage across France. Jason Burke traces his path in one of the country's most deprived regions.
Sister Sues Nbc After Suspected Paedophilia's Suicide on Tv Show
The sister of a former district attorney who killed himself as police went to arrest him for suspected pedophilia has sued the television company that was filming the raid as part of a reality television show.
Madeleine McCann - Remember Me - Justice For Paedophiles
Justice for Madeliene McCann. Who is to blame
Police Smash Global Internet Paedophile Ring
200 British suspects among 700 worldwide - 31 children rescued from abuse
The 29-year-old Paedophile Who Turned Himself Into a 12-year-old Schoolboy
Accused shaved off body hair and dressed as a child - Accomplices pretended to be grandfather and uncle
Call to Ban Movie With Girl, 12, in Rape Scene
Religious right says film celebrates paedophilia - Protests follow premiere at Sundance festival
'Paedophilia' Scandal Over Starlet's Film
Controversy erupts over child rape depiction.
Decision 06 - Is the GOP's 'Scare' strategy running on fumes?
With the on-going "Sex & Pedophilia" scandal involving now resigned Republican Congressman, Mark Foley (R - FL), this destructive Republican administration has switched gears mid-stream -- from a wanton catastrophe to a circus of "Catastrophilia."
Dutch Court Lets Paedophile Party Contest Country's General Election
· Policies include legalising sex at 12 and child porn · Judge says voters must decide on arguments
Belgium Faces Its Painful Past As Two Girls Go Missing
· Police hunt seven and 10-year-old 'disparues' · Posters remind Belgians of horrific paedophile case
Child-killer Town in Fear Again 10 Years on
Thousands of 'missing' posters have been plastered across Belgium after two schoolgirls disappeared from the same town where the paedophile murderer, Marc Dutroux, struck 10 years ago.
Paedophile Bill Outlaws Sex Between 16 Year Olds
An emergency law aimed at preventing Irish child-sex offenders from getting out of prison has ended up criminalising sex between consenting teenagers.
Victims of False Paedophilia Case Tell French Mps of Ruined Lives
Thirteen victims of one of France's biggest postwar legal fiascos fought back tears yesterday as they told an independent parliamentary inquiry how their lives had been ruined by false accusations of child sex abuse.
French Paedophile Ring Case Turns Into Judicial Fiasco
What began five years ago as one of France's most shocking paedophile cases last night turned into one of its biggest judicial fiascos as an appeals court acquitted six accused - meaning just four of the 17 men and women originally charged will finally have been found guilty.
Scandal of Sexual Abuse By Priests Shocks Brazil's 125 Million Catholics
· 10% of country's clergy are sex offenders, says Vatican · Paedophilia trial reveals vulnerability of the poor.
Australia Deports Paedophile to Uk
A British paedophile who has spent 37 years in jail in Australia is being been deported back to the UK. Robert Excell, 66, has a string of child sex convictions dating back to the 1960s.
British Paedophile to Be Deported From Australia
A British paedophile who has spent 37 years in an Australian jail is to be deported to the UK, officials said today.
To Make the Nation's Flesh Creep
Roy Hattersley: Paedophiles, Gypsies, early parole - nothing is too low for Howard.
The Roots of Pedophilia
It would be wise to redefine pedophilia as an attraction to or sexual acts with prepubescent children or with people of the equivalent mental age (e.g., retarded) in contravention of social, legal, and cultural accepted practices.
British Priest Held in Bangkok Over Sex Case
A British Anglican priest has been arrested in Thailand following a request from Australia where he is wanted on paedophile charges, Thai officials said yesterday. John Mountford, 49, an Australian resident, was arrested on Wednesday at his Bangkok home, weeks after returning to the...
European Paedophiles Flock to Gambian 'smiling Coast'
Sex tourists turn to the Gambia as authorities in Thailand and the Philippines campaign to keep them off their soil.
Dutroux Gets Life in Prison
The Belgian paedophile Marc Dutroux was sentenced to life in prison today for kidnapping, raping and murdering young girls. A 12-member jury and three-judge panel returned the sentence, bringing to an end the trial in Arlon, south-east Belgium, which has horrified the nation and been...
Dutroux Insists He Was Part of Paedophile Ring
Marc Dutroux insisted yesterday that he was not a "lone predator" who kidnapped and raped young girls but part of a wider paedophile ring. Dutroux, a convicted child rapist and drug dealer, is charged with three co-defendants, including his former wife, Michelle Martin, with kidnapping...
Portuguese Tv Star on Child Sex Charges
Portugal's most famous television personality is among eight people to have been indicted on paedophilia charges, according to court documents yesterday. Carlos Cruz, known in Portugal as "Mr TV" after presenting a series of popular programmes over the past two decades, will go on trial...
Focus: J'accuse
Myriam Badaoui, the woman who accused 17 neighbours of paedophilia in 2001, has just admitted lying. Alex Duval Smith reports on a case that has ruined lives and blighted the judicial system.
Euan Ferguson on the Belgian Paedophile Trial
At last Marc Dutroux's sex crime trial has begun, and Belgium's cry for justice is embodied in a witness who, when a 12-year-old eight years ago, was raped 20 times. Euan Ferguson reports from Arlon.
Jurors Make Their Excuses As Dutroux Goes on Trial
Paedophile's murder case is too traumatic, judge is told.
Belgian Paedophilia Trial Begins
The long-awaited trial of an alleged child killer charged with kidnapping and abusing six girls aged from eight to 19, four of whom died, today began in Belgium. Four bodies were dug up, and two sexually abused girls rescued from cells in Marc Dutroux's basement in 1996 but the case, by...
A Nightmare Revisited
Seven long years after his arrest, Belgium is to confront its demons and put paedophile Marc Dutroux on trial, writes Andrew Osborn.
Child Killer's Love Letters to Girl, 15
A fresh scandal over Belgium's handling of the paedophile Marc Dutroux erupted yesterday after it was revealed that he was for two years allowed to correspond romantically with a 15-year-old girl from his prison cell.
Paedophile Held in Spain
Spanish police said yesterday they had picked up a British paedophile based on the Costa del Sol who passed himself off as a famous pop music agent looking for talented youngsters. The man was named by a Spanish newspaper as a Mr Wood, though police would only confirm his age as 55 and...
Portugal's Crisis of Confidence
Government resignations and a paedophilia scandal have sent faith in Portuguese state institutions plummeting, Giles Tremlett.
Sex Abuse Report Criticises Queen's Man in Canberra
Former archbishop fights calls to quit for failing to sack paedophile. The governor general of Australia, the Rt Rev Peter Hollingworth, is ignoring calls to resign after the publication yesterday of a report which found he had "acted inappropriately" by refusing to sack a paedophile priest in 1995, when he was the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
Online ID scheme to target paedophiles
An electronic age verification scheme designed to crack down on paedophiles who use the internet to groom child victims was launched today by the UK's largest photo ID card scheme, CitizenCard.
'Paedophile'smear angers Irish abuse victims
A secret Irish government report smeared victims of sex abuse at Catholic Church-run orphanages by branding them dysfunctional and potential paedophiles.
The Plight of the Pedophile
Investigation into the morality of Pedophilia. The condition of the Pedophile today is the same as the condition of the blasphemer 200, 300, 400, or 500 years ago. He is outcast from society, branded with the marks of infamy, detested from every social class and every nobility.
Abuse scandal rocks Germany
German police are hoping the ground will thaw enough this week for them to start digging in a quarry in their hunt for the body of a five-year-old boy whose death at the hands of a paedophile ring has sent shockwaves through the country.
Norwegian paedophile ring exposed
Under the lifeless afternoon sky, the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes and its tiny population of immigrants from neighbouring Russia is less than welcoming. The next stop is the North Pole.
Panic on the screens
There is no telling at this stage whether or not Pete Townshend is a paedophile. Obviously, a committed journalist could trawl his oeuvre for ambiguity and dodgy sentiment, but given the choice, I'd rather bob him in a well and see if he drowns which, if no fairer, at least has a stronger precedent in British legal tradition, and would be more fun to watch.
A Law unto himself? US cardinal fights for survival
Church in turmoil as senior Catholic accused of hiding sexual corruption, paedophilia and drug dealing among priests travels to Rome.
Portugal's Elite Linked to Paedophile Ring
A scandal over a paedophile ring run from a state orphanage gripped Portugal yesterday as it threatened to engulf diplomats, media personalities and senior politicians. Photographs of unnamed senior government officials with young boys from Lisbon's Casa Pia orphanage were among the...
$300m lawsuit claims Catholic bishop covered up for paedophile priests
Roman Catholic church leaders in New York covered up for 13 paedophile priests in scores of instances of child abuse spanning three decades, and set up a secret bank account to be used to buy victims' silence, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Boston clergy end child sex row with $10m payoff
Catholic authorities in Boston have agreed to pay $10m (£6.5m) to 86 people who accused a convicted paedophile priest of molesting them. The settlement brings to a close the acrimonious legal dispute that triggered the abuse scandal still shaking the church in the United States.
Failure to vet coaches sparks fears
Paedophiles could be working undetected within British sport, sports bodies fear, since they have been unable to carry out a single check on any coach in the country due to the chaos at the Criminal Records Bureau.
'Sickening' paedophilia books rock French literary world
The first scandal of France's week-old literary season has erupted over two violent and sexually explicit novels whose heroes are an obsessive paedophile and a perverted serial killer with a preference for very young girls, including his two-year-old daughter.
Parents charged in paedophile ring
A network of parents who sexually molested their own children and traded pictures of them on the internet has been cracked by American and European investigators, the US customs service said yesterday as it announced 20 arrests on both sides of the Atlantic.
Healing the abusers
Treatment is vital in preventing paedophiles reoffending. But the problem is complex, and public ignorance also needs to be tackled.
Police Swoop on International Net Paedophile Ring
Fifty suspected paedophiles were arrested in seven countries this morning, in an international police operation to smash an internet child pornography ring focusing on child sex abuse.
Sect demands biblical proof
Elders of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the US have been given instructions to deal with paedophiles after a series of damaging revelations.
Media Revel in Abuse Scandal
Man tipped as next pope says US coverage of paedophile priests resembles persecutions under Stalin and Hitler.
Dutroux Victim's Family Quit Trial
Six years after their eight-year-old daughter's defiled body was unearthed at the home of Marc Dutroux, the parents of Melissa Russo say they have lost faith in investigators and are withdrawing from the convicted Belgian paedophile's long-awaited trial. He is charged with kidnapping and...
Madeline Bunting: Last Rites for Priests
Long before the paedophile crisis hit the US, the numbers entering the priesthood were in freefall throughout the west.
Church Will Weed Out Paedophile Priests, Pope Tells Us Cardinals
The Pope signalled an intensification of the hunt for paedophiles within the Roman Catholic church yesterday when he told American cardinals summoned to an emergency summit in Rome that sex abuse by priests was a crime. Hinting at a new policy of zero tolerance to end the scandals...
Abuse inquiry urged as Irish bishop quits
Allegations against paedophile priests have convulsed the Catholic church in Ireland this month, forcing the resignation of the long-serving Bishop of Ferns, Dr Brendan Comiskey, and further undermining trust in the hierarchy.
Paedophile Priest Urges Movement to Stem Abuse
A Roman Catholic priest who abused eight boys in his care wants to start a movement for fellow abusers in the American church, in the hope of highlighting the problem and preventing similar assaults taking place. Father Neil Conway's call coincides with a poll which shows that most...
Pope Condemns 'grievous Evil' of Paedophile Priests
The Pope denounced paedophilia in priests as the work of the devil yesterday: his harshest condemnation of a phenomenon that has tarnished the reputation of the Roman Catholic church and threatens to bankrupt many of its dioceses. "As priests, we are personally and profoundly afflicted by...
Belgium still haunted by paedophile scandal
He stands accused of committing the vilest of crimes - of raping, torturing and murdering young girls as young as eight for his own sexual gratification. And yet Marc Dutroux, already a convicted paedophile, has still not been brought to justice. Dutroux, Belgium's public enemy number...
Dutroux says he procured girls for Belgian network
Marc Dutroux, the Belgian electrician accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering four young girls in the mid-1990s, has claimed that he did not act alone but was part of a wider paedophile network. The horror of his alleged crimes brought 350,000 people on to the streets of Brussels in...
The monster within
From a young age, when I was nine a was molested by my uncle. Ever since I have blamed myself and titled myself a pedophile and as I’ve gotten older it has become more. Now I am fighting back these feelings and this poem is about just that…
The Town That Sold Its Children
France is in shock as 66 residents go on trial for gruesome paedophilia.
Britons Arrested As Worldwide Child Porn Ring Smashed
Six alleged British members of the most technically sophisticated internet paedophile ring ever cracked by police were yesterday arrested as part of a series of worldwide raids.