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Moldova to Castrate Pedophiles

Rob Quinn — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:57:51 CST

Men convicted of sexually abusing children in Moldova will now face chemical castration. The eastern European country's parliament voted to make the treatment—which suppresses libido with injections every three months—mandatory for all Moldovans and foreigners found guilty of pedophilia, reports the BBC .

Police: Ohio Father Pimped Out Adopted Son,10

Rob Quinn — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:01:00 CST

An adoptive father in Ohio has been charged with raping three boys in his care, and hiring out one of them—a 10-year-old—to other men for sex. Undercover cops were led to the man through a Craigslist advert seeking "taboo" sex, AP reports. The suspect's name is being withheld...

Boy Scouts Ordered to Turn Over Sex Abuse Files

Rob Quinn — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:29:00 CST

The Boy Scouts of America has been ordered to turn over 20 years of files that allegedly show that the organization covered up sexual abuse and protected pedophiles. A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a boy molested by a Scout leader has told the Scouts to...

Corey Feldman to Bare Hollywood Pedophiles

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:50:00 CST

A vampire hunter on The Lost Boys is now after Hollywood pedophiles. Former child actor Corey Feldman, a star of Stand By Me and The Goonies , has vowed to reveal the names of two Hollywood figures who abused him when he was 14. "These older men were leching around like...

School: Sandusky Failed Background Check Last Year

Kevin Spak — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:22:52 CST

There have been red flags waving around Jerry Sandusky for a while—just ask Juniata College, which today revealed that Sandusky tried to get a volunteer coaching job there in May 2010, but was turned down after flunking a background check, the AP reports. Juniata discovered that a high school...

Sandusky: 'I Shouldn't Have Showered With Those Kids'

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:00:00 CST

Jerry Sandusky admits he showered and played with young boys, but insists he is not a pedophile. "I say that I am innocent of those charges," Sandusky tells Bob Costas in an NBC interview airing tonight. Asked whether he is a pedophile, Sandusky says, "No." Currently out on a $100,...

Law Bars Kid-Teacher Facebooking, Row Erupts

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:01:38 CDT

Missouri has passed a law barring private Facebook messages between children and teachers, and lots of people aren't happy about it. The first law of its kind in the nation will still allow messages easily viewed by the school community between teachers and children concerning assignments, but all exclusive one-on-one...

Apple Yanks 'Pedobear' Dance App

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:00:00 CDT

Apple customers will no longer be able to grind to the Dancing Cuddle Bear app. It seems the hairy mammal is actually a well-known mascot for pedophiles so, no, he's not going to be teaching moves any longer, notes Gawker . Apple officials apparently got a clue after The Smoking Gun...

School: Wear 'Modest' Clothes to Deter Pedophiles

Kevin Spak — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:20:05 CDT

Parents in King’s Park, Scotland, are outraged over a local school’s suggestion that the way their children dress might attract sexual predators. In the wake of the arrest of an alleged local predator, the school has sent out a letter telling parents that “an appropriate school uniform (eg school trousers,...