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AGI) - Syracuse, Italy, Jan. 5 - Ten thousand one hundred and twenty paedophile internet sites were reported in 2004 by the Meter association of Don Fortunato Di Noto for the protection of childhood. According to the final dossier published by the organisation, an average of 843 paedophile pornography web sites were found every month, 28 per day. Around one third (3,180, of which 116 were in Italy) were reported to the Postal Police, the rest (6,940) to international police bodies. Fourteen sites have been seized or removed by the Postal Police, who arrested one person with the first ever...

It's not just the high-profile cases, like the ex-model held for seducing a boy of 14. New research suggests 10 per cent of American pupils are victims of sexual abuse Research claiming that one in 10 American children has been sexually exploited at school - and that almost half the abusers are women - has shocked parents as one of the nation's most notorious pupil abusers is about to be released from prison. More than 4.5 million school-age children have been subjected to some form of sexual behaviour from teachers or other adults meant to be looking after them, said...

Schools, Parents Warned About Homosexual Mentors for Kids With No Parent Involvement, Schools Open to 'Substantial Legal Liability,' Group Says By Jim Brown and Jody Brown August 29, 2003 (AgapePress) - A Christian legal group is cautioning people about the potential fallout from a new anti-family policy being implemented by the largest mentoring organization in the United States. Last year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) ordered all 490 of its local affiliates to allow homosexuals to mentor children. At that time, many pro-family groups -- among them Focus on the Family, the American Family Association, Concerned Women for...

Brain tumour causes uncontrollable paedophilia 10:00 21 October 02 NewScientist.com news service The sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia exhibited by a 40-year-old man was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors have told a scientific conference. And once the tumour had been removed, his sex-obsession disappeared. The cancer was located in the right lobe of the orbifrontal cortex, which is known to be tied to judgment, impulse control and social behaviour. But neurologists Russell Swerdlow and Jeffrey Burns, of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, believe it is the first reported case linking damage to the region with paedophilia. "We're...

Thought for the day If you believe in a truly libertarian society, your only way to success is in working to build a society based upon traditional morality, shame and chastity. Contradictory? Actually, no. Given a little examination, it turns out to be rather obvious; almost self-evidently true. If you want to live in a country where every man supports himself rather than looking to the taxpayer, where crime is rare and so massive police powers, ID cards and DNA databases are superfluous, you will not do so on the back of the destructive policies of social liberalism. Libertarians traditionally...

Paedophilia and the Muslim Board That was a week of virii-laden mail. I'm guessing that they constitute the Islamist/"secularist" argument against my point of view... Well, today, there's more yet to bring on the worms: On June 24, The Hindu published a report on the recently concluded meeting of The All India Muslim Personal Law Board held in Hyderabad; I'm reproducing the entire item here since it wasn't carried by other publications, and, strangely, "AIMPLB wants exemption from Child Marriage Act" isn't to be found in the online edition of The Hindu anymore: "The All India Muslim Personal Law Board...

Dozens of suspected paedophiles have been held in synchronised raids across the world in an operation led by UK police. Officers from the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit worked for a year to smash an Internet-based child abuse ring which called itself the "Shadowz Brotherhood". Hundreds of officers swooped on suspects' homes this morning in seven countries, seizing dozens of computers. Even hardened detectives described the images and videos involved as the most horrific they had ever seen - many involved babies. The police investigation - code-named Operation Twins - was supported by Europol in The Hague. A Europol spokesman...

An alleged victim says he was abused for years. A Boston priest at the heart of a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church taught children how to inject drugs, his diary has revealed. Reverend Paul Shanley, who was involved with the North American Man Boy Love Association which promotes sex between men and children, also suffered from sexually transmitted diseases, he wrote. Personal papers and other documents relating to Mr Shanley have been discovered by the Boston archdiocese and handed to lawyers suing the Church on behalf of an alleged victim of molestation. Revelations about...

Pope John Paul II addresses a meeting of U.S. cardinals at his private library in the Vatican April 23, 2002. John Paul, apparently formulating his own zero tolerance policy on child abuse by priests, told U.S. Catholic leaders that pedophilia was a crime that had no place in the Church. (Vatican/Reuters)