Your weekly news (New and Improved)

This week I feature a summary to the weekly news for those pedophiles on the run (so to speak).

Pedophile Voices Support for Canada's Proposed Child Protection Bill

John Robin Sharpe is up on charges again in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for sexual eploitation of a minor. He is currently providing his own defence after dismissing his lawyer earlier this week. Sharpe, known for instigating the crisis over the constitutionality of child pornography laws and being the impetus for the new C-12 bill, recently spoke in support of the new law since it's emphasis on 'exploitive' relationships will encourage the nature of pedophile relationships to be publicly explored.

'Vigilante' Web Site Posts 'Pedophile' Information

Perverted Justice, a website which purports to expose child predators on the internet, is again under scrutiny in this informative peice.

Experts oppose policy of ousting pedophile priests

Despite a report issued by the Vatican, based on the findings of sexual abuse experts, which criticized the policy adopted by U.S. bishops of removing abusive priests from the ministry, saying it was overly harsh and would not protect the young, was dismissed by U.S. bishops citing their own study in support of 'zero tolerance'.

AUSTRALIA - Payout by school on pedophile

A North Queensland Christian primary school has been forced to pay damages to two children after knowingly allowing a convicted pedophile to work on campus as a volunteer.

ISRAEL - Second suspect in pedophile investigation released

The police have decided to release the second suspect in the Ashkelon pedophile investigation today (Monday). Meanwhile, a police officer admitted that the investigation is at a dead end.

CANADA - Kingston houses sex offenders

Kingston has one of the highest concentrations of sex offenders out of Ontarios urban centres, according to a report released by the Kingston Police examining sexual assaults in Kingston over the past five years.

U.S. - Sexual predator committed to hospital after prison release

A man who has sexually assaulted children and adults over 30 years on Thursday became the first Roanoke resident declared a sexually violent predator and committed to a state facility after his release from prison on criminal charges.

Project Odysseus
Police bust Internet child porn networks

Coordinated police raids across 10 countries on Thursday smashed a number of Internet child pornography networks and several people were arrested, the European Union police agency Europol said.

TAIWAN - Sixth grader arrested for child prostitution

A computer engineer has been arrested in Taipei, along with a 12-year-old girl hooker, for child prostitution, police said yesterday.

UK - Prosecutors Drop Seven Charges Against R. Kelly

Saying it was a matter of routine strategy, prosecutors Friday dropped seven of 21 child pornography counts against singer R. Kelly.

U.S. - Toddler found dead next to unconscious father

A toddler was found dead and her father unconscious a few days after the child's mother got a protective order because her husband allegedly had child pornography on his computer.

U.S. - No Boy Scouts
The ACLU defends NAMBLA.

An opinion piece condemning the ACLU for defending the North American Man-Boy Love Association in a civil suit against the parents of a murdered boy after the boy was abducted by men who claim they got their ideas from the NAMBLA site.

CANADA - Girl, 12, forced to be prostitute, police say

City police say they've rescued a 12-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution at age 10.

EU takes on child prostitution issue
Czechs deny massive problem at border, seek German cooperation

Discouraged by the steps the Czech Republic has taken to solve the problem of child prostitution along the Czech border, German and Dutch European Parliament (EP) members introduced the subject at a meeting of the EP's Foreign Relations Committee in Brussels Feb. 18.

News of the Bizarre

UK - CRUSHED PORN

Videos and DVDs containing child pornography were today disposed of in a shredding machine at the Avon and Somerset Police headquarters. Kind of a depressing article, in my opinion.

AUSTRALIA - Child porn dentist free to practise

A former Queensland Health dentist who was sentenced for having child abuse computer games has been allowed to continue treating patients.

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DS