Is it me or do all paedophiles reported in the News come from proffsions with close links to kids, especially thechurch which seems to be an haven for kiddy fiddlers and other such vocations as boyscout leaders, teachers and care workers, why are tests on their personality never undertaken and why as the church never done anything about all the sexual deviants hiding under it's wing?
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Paedophiles are attracted to jobs that will give them easy access to children.  \n\nI don't at all agree with you when you say that "little is being done" about this problem.  In education, for example, anyone who wants to work in a school must undertake a criminal background check.  The problem is with people who are paedophiles, or potential paedophiles but who have no criminal record.  There is also a problem with people who have been suspected but never convicted, in a legal system that has a presumption of innocence until guilt is proven.  I notice that you are from Cheshire and so you will be very aware of the case of Ian Huntley, which was a tragic illustration of the great difficulties that exist in this area.
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Ok, you talk of "honesty". So now "honestly" tell me, do you want an answer to this? Or is it just another way to spread bigorty and hatred in the forum. \n\nAs for the paedophile bit, no one knows Aisha's age, when she got married. It could be anywhere between 9 to 16. Sources vary. And this was in an era, where 30 was considered old. We can't judge what may have happened 1400 years ago, by 21st century standards.
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I just had this conversation yesterday with my mother, what a coincidence. As someone who works in the childcare field, I feel really sad by the lack of men in this line of work. I feel that men have a lot to offer to children, especially children who may come from split homes and lack a male influence. It's interesting how people assume that about men, but not about women. They assume that men are born to be sex fiends, and women are born to be nurturers... well anyone with a brain knows that it doesn't work that way.\n\nMy heart goes out to you, I'm sure you get a lot of flack from people and that it's extremely frustrating. I remember a couple of guys in our program at school who actually dropped out, not because they didn't enjoy it, but because they were tired of being called perverts. \n\nPeople are paranoid and want to protect their children, that's a natural instinct. But assuming a man who works with children is a pedophile/molester is NOT healthy, and it makes me wonder how they're bringing up their children. And of course, those same people need to be reminded that there isn't a strong correlation between homosexuality and child molestation - male child molesters are more likely to molest little girls, often members of their family.\n\nBest Regards,\nHolly
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Even if as you say, youre reasons for liking these pictures, are totally innocent, as a Christian you would not want to do something that may offend another.Most people love children and that is why something which could cause them harm is usually met with disdain. Lets face it how many peadophiles come out and openly confess to their feelings? not many. So, people in society would always look suspiciously on such things, remember, just because you CAN do something, it doesnt always mean that you should! Another thing to bear in mind, is that Satan will use any opportunity to cause problems-be careful! And also maybe the kids pictured might not like the idea of being part of some collection!!
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We are doing about that in sociology at the moment! \n\nWe are doing about how youth in increasingly subject to preventative targeting and restriction from public space, and we have already tried the classical music treatment in England and it has worked really well!!  Im not sure when exactly but it was about 2 yrs ago that I heard about it being played in train stations at night.\n\nI think it pretty much does work....who wants to listen to Stravinsky at their favourite hang out place? Who would want to listen to Public Enemy over a romantic meal? I think the reasons it works are obvious.\n\nI think its a great Idea and although most of the people on my course say it was an outrage and the result of unfair stereotyping..........they seem to forget that young ppl can feel intimidated by other young ppl and are the  main victms of youth crime. So the interests its protecting arent some great opressive "force" hovering above about the descend at any minute to encapture us all, as some ppl seem to annoyingly and stupidly believe. I think I am the only one being honest in  our seminars sometimes, the rest just follow whatever view is fashionable and non offensive to hold. It does my head in as you are probably seeing right now!!\n\nWhen has it been the right to intimidate people and cause trouble? Its addressing a real and exisiting problem and it frustrates me that no one wants to say it.
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I have always thought that was an absurd thing myself.  How can an innocent child be damned like that?  Personally, I did not have my child baptized.  I have taught her to be open minded and if SHE wants to explore getting baptized into a religion of HER choice, she can do that when SHE deems to.
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There is a reason why they open up to you. It is because you are 100% honest with them and use your own experience. What they are looking for is someone who is real, not some dull dry outlined bible study. Although there is a time and place for bible studies, God has you where you are for a reason. \nBefore answering this question, I read someone else's response saying you're still a kid yourself. To this I say GREAT! All the more reason for you to keep teaching these kids. Oh my goodness, if people only realized the character of Christ and how he loved to relate to the childlike and not to the religious Pharasees, you'd be getting more response like mine telling you not to change a doggone thing. They need you and it sounds like you're Pastor has enough wisdom to put you there.
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I believe that some one (well, specifically a newspaper journalist) has done some checking and found (from court records, one assumes) that child murder has stayed more or less constant (and very low) over the past 50 years or so. That statistic implies that children are as safe now as ever they were, but the public  _perception_,  due to a few high profile cases, and publicised heavily by the media,   is that every child is in danger from every adult male - which is a gross insult to 99.9 percent of men.  Such a view has resulted in a lost and bewildered child in a shopping mall being ignored by males in case they are accused of molestation; in fewer men going in for primary school teaching (hence male role models are reduced); and a fall off in men and (women for that matter)  taking leadership positions in youth organisations, from cadets to scouts, guides etc., for fear of being accused of misconduct.\nIt comes to something when an adult of the 'tribe' can not comfort a small member of the tribe who has, for example,  fallen over, or is  in distress for some reason.  I recall as small boy walking into a bus stop post,  badly cutting my head.  A man came over to help, put his handkerchief on my bleeding scalp, held my hand and walked me home.  My mother was so grateful that some one had cared enough to help her son.  Today, that man no doubt would have left me alone  in case he was viewed as a paedophile.   What a sorry state our society has entered.
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A celibate life is more likely to be chosen by those who are innately pedophiles. They know that they will never be able to have pedophile relationships out in the open so they choose a life devoid of sex. Then they realize that the urges are too strong for them.\n\nThere was a South Park episode where a bunch of priests got together to discuss the problem of pedophilia in the church. As far as they could see the main problem was that the kids were reporting it too much.\n\n\nBaradore: The Catholic church is not the largest church in the world. They have 1.1 billion. The Muslim faith has 1.3 billion adherants.
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Preachers hiding their own scandals under a cloak of righteousness? This sure seems to be the case! I'm beginning to wonder about the chicken and the egg.  Does preaching hate against a group mean you're covering yourself, or does obsessive hate turn into compulsive behavior of the type you hate? Either way, it's another compelling reason to keep religion out of politics.
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Abusing a child for reporting sexual abuse.\n\nWhat kind of message does that send?\n\nHe should have to at least do supervised community service.  Something positive for the community and a learning experience for him.  \n\nFace it, the molester probably won't get much jail time.  It's infuriating, but true.\n\nHe definitely doesn't need to counsel anymore!\n\nIf he is sincere, but horribly misguided, maybe he could be rehabilitated in some way.  Sadly some people are in the ministry who just have no business being there and it's a cover for their maladjustment.\n\n\nThat poor girl!  Personally, I don't think her mother is without fault in this, either.  She probably gave him permission.
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Crime is everywhere. Police commit crimes, Preachers Politicians, Teachers, etc. Do you think that only saints join the military?  Some people are just freaken crazy! Thats not the "military" as a whole, no more then all teachers have sex with 12 year old students or all presidents have sex in the oval office.
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I totally agree with you!\nI would never leave my child with a priest.  I am not catholic so I guess I don't have to worry about it but you have to wonder what parents are thinking.  The priesthood is full of pedophiles as well as homosexuals.  Also the condition of them not marrying also contributes to their sickness.  I know that they are not all bad but there is no way of telling so why take the chance?  What is it going to take for people to wake up and see that the catholic church has got some major problems to attend to.  You know the part that bothers me most is how the Vatican would just transfer them to another place.  Sick!!!
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These are two separate issues, but two issues that the ignorant and the right wingers like to put together to foment hatred and stir up trouble.\n\nHere is just a little tidbit of information that is available on the Internet for those that bother to look for some of the information that is out there if they bother to try to find out the truth of the matter:\n\n"In a national study of child sexual assault in day care centres in the United States, Finkelhor, Williams, Burns and Kalinowski (1988) found that males were disproportionately represented as sexual abusers despite accounting for only 5 per cent of staff. Yet Finkelhor's group found no offender characteristics which would distinguish the abusers from other staff or people generally. It was specifically reported that stereotypic paedophile characteristics were notably absent. Finkelhor and colleagues made recommendations for the screening of all applicants for day care positions, but did not specify an individual's sexual orientation as a risk factor. A more recent review of studies of sexual abuse in day care also made no reference to offender's sexual orientation as a risk factor (Kelley 1994). \n\nIn a discussion paper focused on men's role in primary education, King (1994) found that there was no evidence of a relationship between homosexual male teachers and paedophile activity. Newton (1978) found that homosexual teachers were no more likely to engage in same-sex sexual abuse than were heterosexual teachers. In a study of child sexual abuse by clergy, Camargo and Loftus (1992) found that there was a clear distinction in terms of masculinity and femininity factors between clergy who were active homosexuals (adult-adult), and those engaged in same- sex paedophile activity. \n\nIn their classic study aimed at determining sexual behaviour and orientation in the community, Kinsey and colleagues (1948, as cited in DiLapi 1989), found that crimes such as child sexual assault had been historically incorrectly attributed to homosexuals and that, if anything, heterosexual males were more likely to be involved in sexual abuse. Despite methodological flaws, and what has been charitably described as a 'minimisation' of the negative effects that sexual abuse has on child victims (Finkelhor 1979), this study was one of the few to attempt to define the prevalence of homosexuals as offenders in cases of child sexual abuse (Freund and Watson 1992). \n\nFinally, studies of offender arousal patterns have indicated that paedophiles and homosexuals have different patterns of response (Freund and Watson 1992), with paedophiles not surprisingly being more aroused by images of children. Overall, what little evidence there is, although flawed, appears to indicate that sexual orientation does not play a part in child sexual assault typologies, and that the assumption that paedophiles who engage in same-sex sexual abuse are homosexuals is more a societal myth than a reality."\n\nHope that helps to answer the question. There is much more info out there for those that want to look and there are more and more studies being done all the time and each and every one of them point to the heterosexuals as being the majority perpetrators of pedophilic crimes but that doesn't suit the agenda of the right wing crowd.
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Because it has been pounded into your head since you were wee tiny to a grasshopper by people over 40 and it has never stopped. The Catholic Church says it's wrong but then, they are all pedophiles so what do they know. Go ahead, knock yourself out!! Just don't do it in public, in front of anyone else or to kids and you will be fine. It isn't going to kill you and you will feel a lot better if you aren't getting any, uh, alternative relief at all or in the near future. Have fun!!
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Most pedophiles are straight, not gay, but that's simply because straight people outnumber gay people so much.\n\nI read that PER CAPITA, homosexuals are more guilty of pedophilia than heterosexuals are.  \n\nLook at the scandal involving sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests.  The vast majority of it involved BOYS -- and not young boys, but mostly older postpubescent boys.  \n\nWhich means that media reports of it being a "pedophile" scandal were not entirely accurate.   \n\nIt wouldn't have been PC to call it a "homosexual crisis" in the Church -- but that's exactly what it was!
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Children should not be exposed to religion. When this is done they wind up being brainwashed and following whatever they were raised with. Considering there are so many choices I'd say that is a bit stifling. It definitely something that should be approached with mature mind. \n\nI know people that were raised Catholic. As adults they are no longer Catholic yet they still have guilt left over from when they were. That right there shows how powerful these things are on the mind of a child. How do you erase years and years of this stuff?\n\nOf course if they didn't brainwash them at a young age they wouldn't have so many followers now would they?