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pedophilia n. an obsession with children as sex objects. Overt acts, including taking sexual explicit photographs, molesting children, and exposing one's genitalia to children are all crimes. The problem with these crimes is that pedophilia is also treated as a mental illness, and the pedophile is often released only to repeat the crimes or escalate the activity to the level of murder. (See: molestation, rape, pornography) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Mark Foley's sexual orientation is irrelevant; the fact that he is a pedophile is the real and certainly most dangerous issue to adolescent boys. The Catholic Church's pedophile priest scandal is examined with extensive emotionalism, barely controlled outrage and persuasively obsessive backup research in ``Deliver Us From Evil. Cornwall -- Following years of rumours and finger pointing regarding a pedophile ring in Cornwall allegedly involving the Catholic bishop, priests, the police chief, crown attorneys, doctors and businessmen, an official public enquiry opened in Cornwall in March, 2006. |
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