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A professor at the University of Utah is allegedly an extremely careless pedophile — he's been arrested for looking at child porn on his laptop during a flight to Boston. More »
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Seven years ago, Darlene Ellison's husband was arrested by the FBI for his involvement with NAMBLA, the North American Man-Boy Love Association. Up until his arrest, she had no idea that he was a pedophile, and, understandably, was horrified by the secret life he'd been keeping from her and their two children for their entire marriage. In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, she writes on the Daily Beast about what it's like to discover something so awful about your husband, and how it could be possible that Sandusky's wife, Dottie, wouldn't have known her husband was a criminal. More »
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Reddit's "jailbait" section, on which users posted pictures of (clothed) young girls, was shut down last month after a moderator dispute. Pervs can rejoice, though, because now it's back. More »
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In a disturbing interview last night, former child actor Corey Feldman told Nightline that "the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia." He says the "casting couch" — that is, the rumored tradition of directors and other higher-ups sleeping with young aspiring actresses — existed for child stars too, though it was more veiled. Later in the interview, he said that his friend Corey Haim's suicide could be traced back to abuse at the hands of a "Hollywood mogul." Previously, Feldman had told GQ that he was molested as a child by his own assistant. His allegation that such molestation is ongoing and widespread is a horrifying one. More »
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"Pedobear" is a cartoon bear used by Internet pranksters to symbolize pedophilia. But he just looks like a normal bear, and now a computer parts store is using him in their ads. More »
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We already knew that definitely pervy, probable billionaire Jeffrey Epstein got unusually lenient charges and sentencing for his sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls in Florida. But how do such things work? More »
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People with Klüver-Bucy Syndrome experience runaway sexual urges — sometimes including pedophilia — due to damage to their brains. Does the existence of this disorder mean none of us really has control over our sexual behavior? More »
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The founder of Whole Foods competitor Wild Oats has been arrested on child prostitution charges. Will his current company lose its virtuous image? More »
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With the jailing of one man and four women, the sickening case of a child molestation ring, including at a UK childcare center, comes to a close. It's a disturbing confluence of issues including female sex offenders and the Internet. More »
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The author of The Pedophile's Guide To Love And Pleasure has been arrested on obscenity charges. But it's not clear if there's a strong legal case against him. More »
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Amazon's headache isn't over: MSNBC has identified nude photos and videos of children for sale on the site. The company hasn't yet discussed pulling The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure, and its author is being monitored by police. More »
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As of now, after an apparent jump in sales, Amazon is no longer selling a guide to pedophilia. And while this may not end child abuse, this is not "book-banning." If it's permanent, Amazon has made the right call. More »
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Amazon's Kindle store is selling a book called The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure. And judging from past examples and what Amazon has said so far, consumer complaints may not change that. More »
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The Parents Television Council is bashing Glee producers for letting cast members participate in GQ's "hyper-sexualized" photoshoot saying it's "disturbing that GQ, which is explicitly written for adult men, is sexualizing actresses who play high school-aged characters in this way." More »
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Jeffrey Epstein's fortune and connections helped him get an extraordinarily light sentence for preying on young girls. And now less-fortunate predators are arguing they should get the same. Equal justice, right? More »
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The Catholic Church failed to prevent gay marriage in Argentina, but it's still fighting mightily on another front: ordaining women. Today, it classified attempting to ordain women as being as bad as "clerical sex abuse of minors, heresy and schism." More »
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John Mark Karr may not have killed JonBenet Ramsey — but apparently he wishes he did. He also allegedly attempted to use a young drug addict to recruit children for abuse, all while changing both his identity and his gender. More »
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On The Daily Show last night, Samantha Bee was on hand to give us a little history lesson about suffering in the Catholic Church. More »
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Vanessa George, a British nursery school worker, has been convicted of molesting children in her care and sharing the images with other pedophiles. The horrifying story has caused a reevaluation of how female sex predators are treated: More »
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33-year-old Kelly Lumadue was just sentenced to life without parole for having sex with a five-year-old boy. The Sanford, Florida woman claims she was forced to perform the acts by her husband, a professional pornographer who made the explicit tapes that fueled her conviction. (The tapes were later found by a garbage collector after Lumadue threw them away.) Her husband has since died and is, one presumes, in hell. [Orlando Sentinel] More »
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There's a new interview on Nerve with Graham Vickers, the author of Chasing Lolita: How Popular Culture Corrupted Nabokov's Little Girl All Over Again, in which the author explores the way the icon has entered the culture — and how thoroughly that perception distorts Nabokov's actual novel. Nowadays, a Lolita is any underage temptress — "from Amy Fisher to Hard Candy" — whereas the character is very much a creation of adult male fantasy. Weirdly, as our culture's obsession with pedophilia grows, the character of Lolita has become more of a vixen and less of a victim. More »
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