37 h. ago Paedophile sexually abused teen girl and tried to bribe her into giving him oral sex

Clayton Kennedy, 30, exposed himself to his victim and messaged her incessantly to pressure her to perform sexual acts on him

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3 d. ago Paedophile starts crying in court as victim bravely outs him as 'evil monster'

The paedophile filmed himself sexually assaulting a girl while secretly committing an array of crimes over the course of more than a decade

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9 d. ago Joël Le Scouarnec: France's worst paedophile who sexually abused hundreds of children given maximum jail term

Joël Le Scouarnec was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting 299 children

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9 d. ago Surgeon dubbed 'the worst serial paedophile who ever lived' after sexually abusing hundreds of patients over three decades is jailed for the maximum 20 years in France

Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, admitted at least 299 horrifying crimes against victims who were mostly under the age of 15, with the youngest just four.

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2 w. ago Experts ‘would refuse to take part’ in mandatory castration for sex offenders

Leading figures say compulsory program is ‘ethically unsound’ and would be challenged in courtsExplainer: What are the ‘radical’ proposed reforms to UK criminal sentencing?Leading experts on the use of chemical castration for managing sexual offenders have said they would refuse to be part of any programme in the UK that makes the intervention compulsory.Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, confirmed in the Commons on Thursday that she was examining whether she could force offenders, including paedophiles, to take pills or injections to suppress “problematic sexual arousal”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Film festival to premiere clergy sex abuse documentary partly based on Guardian reporting

God As My Witness details priest’s relationship with teen who later killed himself and other abuse allegationsA new documentary examining the Catholic clergy molestation scandal in New Orleans – based in part on journalism by the Guardian and its local reporting partner WWL Louisiana – is making its world premiere at London’s Raindance film festival in June.God As My Witness is also nominated for best feature-length documentary at the major film festival’s 33rd edition, according to the movie’s director, Lindsay Quinn Pitre. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder arrested for 'engaging in prostitution' with undercover officer

The incident took place at a hotel in Ohio, where the Olympic gold medalist was accused of trying to pay an undercover law enforcement officer for oral sex. He allegedly brought cash to the meeting.

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3 w. ago 'I didn't think I'd be believed – now people see monster for who he is'

Ben Cammillare, from Merseyside, was just 14-years-old when his family friend Paul Jones, 62, sexually abused him. The paedophile has received a suspended sentence

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