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# Paedophiles

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Cases of sex abuse by priests in Poland exposed in new report
The document details the cases of 85 priests convicted of paedophilia.
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Feb 22nd 2019, 9:34 AM
'Their actions could be detrimental': Paedophile hunters warned not to post suspects' details online
To date, no prosecutions have been secured in Northern Ireland using evidence passed to them from a vigilante group.
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Jan 10th 2018, 2:32 PM
Measures to trap suspected paedophiles among far-reaching powers in new Dutch cybercrime bill
Police had previously used fake teens to trap potential paedophiles.
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Mar 3rd 2017, 10:13 PM
Indonesia parliament passes chemical castration laws for convicted paedophiles
The controversial laws were the subject of fierce debate, with two opposition parties voting against the measures.
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Oct 12th 2016, 9:36 PM
Kazakhstan to chemically castrate paedophiles
The move comes after a spike in child rapes.
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Mar 19th 2016, 10:00 AM
Gardaí receive FBI training on how to combat online child abuse
Officers from the PSNI also took part in the training course in Dublin this week.
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Feb 20th 2016, 3:13 PM
Indonesia to begin chemically castrating convicted paedophiles
It would be carried out by injecting paedophiles with female hormones.
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Oct 21st 2015, 8:55 PM
Gardaí may have interviewed victim of paedophile priest as 'family favour'
A new GSOC report found that a statement might have been taken just to “appease the victim”.
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Jul 23rd 2015, 4:14 PM
Dozens of children moved around Ireland for sexual exploitation
A new bill wants people who groom children to face 14 years in jail.
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Jul 10th 2015, 1:49 PM
'Be careful what images you post online, they could be used by paedophiles'
Frances Fitzgerald has warned young people to be particularly careful.
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May 22nd 2015, 1:40 PM
'It's likely some of the 400 convicted rapists and paedophiles missing in the UK are in Ireland'
The BBC are reporting that some sex offenders have been missing for over a decade.
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Mar 10th 2015, 9:42 PM
Children being blackmailed into performing sex acts live on webcams
A British watchdog warned today that offenders are also forcing children to write degrading statements on their bodies and cut themselves.
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Sep 20th 2013, 3:29 PM
Five members of British paedophile gang jailed for life
The men were found guilty of grooming vulnerable underage girls for sex.
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Jun 27th 2013, 9:42 PM
Dutch court overturns paedophile association ban
The group, Martijn, argues for society’s acceptance of consensual sex between children an adults – but a court has overturned a ruling banning it.
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Apr 2nd 2013, 6:37 PM
Catholic Church in Belgium wants priest sex abusers to pay victims
The church has said that priests who abused children will be required to pay damages to their victims.
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Jan 12th 2012, 5:50 PM
Donegal bishops made "significant" errors dealing with child sex abuse
The Catholic Bishop of Raphoe in Donegal described the abuse committed against children as “horrific” and said that there had been “very poor judgements and mistakes made”.
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Nov 30th 2011, 1:54 PM
Concerns raised over child safety and privacy online
A study commissioned by the ISPCC found that one-third of primary school children did not know how to keep their social network account private, while one in six secondary students had met someone in person after meeting them online.
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Oct 12th 2011, 11:05 AM
Madeleine: Who could have taken her?
Four years on from Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, a chilling picture of police incompetence and paedophile activity in the Algarve emerges in a new book by her mother.
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May 10th 2011, 12:55 PM
Seventy people to take Vatican and Belgian church officials to court over abuse claims
The group claim that the organisations did not protect them from paedophile priests.
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Apr 29th 2011, 3:36 PM
184 suspected child sex offenders arrested in international investigation
Thirteen countries were involved in major Europol operation to uncover a massive internet paedophile ring.
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Mar 16th 2011, 2:36 PM