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pedophile stories: 34 news summaries

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Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

Sets up her own web sting after growing suspicious

Nov 12, 09 8:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A UK woman posed as a teenage girl online to entrap her 68-year-old husband in a pedophile arrest. Police say the wife, 61, became suspicious of her husband's constant use of the Internet, signed into a chatroom he used, and struck up a steamy conversation as a 14-year-old. After he... More »

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Internet • pedophile • sex offenders • husband • wife

 Museum Yanks 
 Nude Photo of 
 Tween Brooke 

Pic may violate child porn laws in Britain

Oct 1, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tate Modern has yanked a nude photo of a young Brooke Shields from an exhibit following a visit by police investigating whether the picture violates child pornography laws in Britain. The controversial photo by New York artist Richard Prince shows a heavily made-up 10-year-old Shields standing naked in a... More »

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nudity • pedophile • obscenity • child pornography • Tate Modern • pedophilia • Brooke Shields • Pretty Baby

Photo of Nude Tween Brooke Shields Stokes Controversy

Critic slams display as 'magnet for pedophiles'

Sep 29, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A nude photo of 10-year-old Brooke Shields set to appear in an exhibition at the Tate Modern is drawing criticism from child-safety advocates. The photo, by Richard Prince, shows a heavily made-up Shields standing in a bathtub looking into the camera. Prince has said the work, Spiritual America, comments on... More »

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children • photography • pedophile • child pornography • Tate Modern • Brooke Shields • Richard Prince

Poland OKs Chemical Castration for Pedophiles

Controversial new law also covers incest

Sep 26, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new law in Poland will require convicted pedophiles or those who rape family members to undergo chemical castration when their prison term is up. Human rights groups immediately raised objections, but Poland's prime minister isn't budging—he says the criminals in these cases don't qualify as "human,"... More »

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human rights • crime • Poland • pedophile • sex offenders • punishment • incest • castration

Garrido May Have Fathered, Slain Sons

Jaycee kidnapper would have seen boys as threat, experts say

Sep 3, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cops investigating Jaycee Lee Dugard's case think alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido may have killed any male children he had with her, they tell the Sun. Though Dugard bore Garrido two daughters, "It doesn't make sense that a healthy young girl not on birth control only conceived twice in that... More »

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kidnapping • murder • rape • pedophile • kidnapper • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

OPINION

 Stop Worshiping 
 This Creepy Man 


Jul 8, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s being asked to deify Michael Jackson, “but I can’t get past the creepiness,” writes John Kass of the Chicago Tribune. You know all about his “Willy Wonka-style” ranch, the little boys he slept with there, and the “Jesus juice” wine he... More »

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pedophile • Michael Jackson • memorial service • pedophilia

NY Rep Blasts Fans of 'Child Molester' Jacko

GOP's King rants about media obsession with 'pervert' on YouTube

Jul 6, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - To those mourning the death of Michael Jackson, one congressman has a message for you: get over it. Rep. Peter King posted a YouTube video yesterday blaming "politically correct" media for obsessing over "a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile." Asks the New York... More »

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YouTube • child molestation • pedophile • Michael Jackson • Peter King • celebrity death

 Friend Tries to Unravel 
 Jacko's Complex Sexuality 

Lisa Marie said King of Pop was 'hot stuff in bed', into role-playing

Jun 30, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - When he was accused of sexual abuse in 1993, Michael Jackson’s complex sexuality changed forever. The "virgin" superstar that Tatum O'Neal once described as "so shy he hardly says two words" now had police bearing down on Neverland, and sent maids scurrying to hide pictures of undressed... More »

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pedophile • sexuality • Michael Jackson • Lisa Marie Presley • pedophilia

Brit Nursery Teacher Busted
in Pedophile Internet Ring

Cops found photos of naked kids in her home

Jun 10, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British daycare teacher has been busted for suspected involvement in an Internet pedophile ring after photos of naked children were found in her home, reports the Telegraph. A police spokesman said the pictures were "at the top end of the scale." Officials are attempting to identify the... More »

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crime • child molestation • pedophile • toddler • daycare • Britain • sexual assault • teacher • nursery school • Vanessa George

Pedophile Says He Saw Maddy Before She Vanished

Dying suspect demands he be paid thousands to talk to private investigators

Jun 6, 09 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British pedophile has changed his story and now says he saw Madeleine McCann twice before she disappeared in Portugal two years ago, Bild reports. Raymond Hewlett, who is recovering from throat cancer surgery in Germany and may have just weeks to live, previously insisted he was miles away. Investigators... More »

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Madeleine McCann • pedophile • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • Raymond Hewlett

 Maddy Parents Demand 
 Pedophile Come Clean 

Family believes sex offender has info on toddler's disappearance

May 24, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents are demanding a brutal British pedophile come forward with any information he has about the disappearance of their daughter, reports the Independent. Raymond Hewlett, who has served time for assaulting young girls, was staying at a campsite near the Portugal resort where Maddy McCann vanished two... More »

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Madeleine McCann • pedophile • missing child • Raymond Hewlett

(Newser) - An international pedophile gang that preyed on infants through teens has been convicted in a groundbreaking case in Scotland that sentenced lawbreakers for the first time for conspiring to carry out sex attacks, reports the Times of London. The eight men will be imprisoned for an indefinite period until they... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • pedophile • sexual abuse • sexual assault • molestation • child rape • pedophilia • sex assault

(Newser) - Family and friends of Melissa Huckaby can’t believe the Sunday school teacher might have killed and raped 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "She was actually really mellow and a good friend, and she loved her daughter so much,” a college friend says. And with... More »

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California • crime • women • murder • pedophile • child rape • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby

I'm Anti-Gay Marriage,
Not Anti-Gay: Warren

Controversial pastor aims to dampen criticism, civilize discourse

Dec 24, 08 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Rick Warren continues to refine his stance on gays and gay marriage, saying he is “not opposed to gays having their partnership,” and that his anti-gay marriage stance doesn’t make him anti-gay, the AP reports. “I’m opposed to gays using the term marriage for their... More »

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gay marriage • Christianity • child molestation • pedophile • evangelicals • inauguration • incest • Rick Warren • Saddleback Church • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

UK Cops Helped Cover Up Sex Abuse at Orphanage

Briton who ran Albanian facility found guilty of sex with minors; two others on trial

Nov 20, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - UK police helped cover up sexual abuse at an orphanage in Albania run by a Briton, the Guardian reports after investigating the scandal. The shelter’s director, 57-year-old David Brown, was convicted yesterday and sentenced to 20 years in an Albanian jail. British police were tipped off in 2004, but... More »

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pedophile • sexual abuse • Albania • Britain • orphanage

Lewis Carroll Letter Points to Pedophile Leanings

Writes real Alice of his fondness for children

Nov 20, 08 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Alice in Wonderland's author is sending a message from the grave to the literary experts who have long wondered whether he was a pedophile. A privately held letter has emerged in which Lewis Carroll tells real-life Alice—a child friend 18 years his junior—about his fondness for kids and... More »

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children • pedophile • author • children's books • Lewis Carroll • Alice in Wonderland

Mark Foley Ends Silence, Still Can't Explain Page Scandal

2 years after resignation, Republican tries to put own spin on explicit messages to teens

Nov 12, 08 10:34 AM CST
(AP) - Even today, 2 years after Mark Foley's very public fall from grace, the former congressman can't explain why he sent lurid, sexually explicit computer messages to male teens working as Capitol Hill pages. "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying... More »

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Florida • Congress • sex scandal • pedophile • text message • Mark Foley • congressional pages

Ex-Royal Butler Admits to Sex With Little Boys

'Charmer' Kidd took 12-year-old victim to see Queen Mum

Oct 1, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Queen of England’s ex-butler pleaded guilty today to repeated dalliances with boys as young as 12, the London Times reports. Paul Kidd, 55, worked for 6 years in Buckingham Palace in the late 1970s and parlayed his role into a lucrative speaking career. His charming persona ended... More »

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Queen Elizabeth II • pedophile • British royals • butler

 Glitter Must Register
 as Sex Offender in UK

Judges makes order after rocker returns from Vietnam prison stint for pedophilia

Aug 22, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has ordered pedophile rocker Gary Glitter to sign Britain’s sex offenders’ registry within 3 days now that he’s back in the country, the Press Association reports. Glitter reluctantly returned to the UK after being released from a Vietnamese prison, after serving time on underage-sex charges. The... More »

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Vietnam • pedophile • sex offenders • Gary Glitter

Pedophile Ring May Have Nabbed Maddy

Police email says Belgian group targeted missing toddler

Aug 7, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine McCann may have been abducted by a Belgian pedophile ring, according to recently released police files. British police sent an email to their Portuguese counterparts in March, detailing a tip they’d received from an anonymous source, the Telegraph reports. The tip said the Belgian ring had agreed to... More »

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Belgium • Madeleine McCann • kidnapping • pedophile • abduction • Portugal • police investigation

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