Meet men on mission to 'improve lives of paedophiles' who admit disturbing urges
dailystar.co.ukIt has now been 10 years since two self-confessed paedophiles boldy set up a support group for people who are attracted to children.The aim was to revolutionise how we judge those who have sexual thoughts about kids but don’t act on it.A decade later and the volunteer group – called Virtuous Paedophiles – is celebrating its tenth anniversary while continuing to help law abiding citizens with similar sexual inclinations.And last week the group tweeted an email they had recently received - something they hoped demonstrated the positive work they do.It read: “I’m a family member of a paedophile, so this kind of thing means a lot to me.“I firmly believe that if we helped paedophiles deal with their attractions instead of expecting them to suffer alone in silence bearing the burden of trying to not act on their innate attractions then we’d be doing society a much bigger favour than if we keep treating paedophiles and child abusers as the same thing, with the associated stigma.”Virtuous Paedophiles was established in 2012 by Nick Devin, a married man with four adult children, and Ethan Edwards, a married man with three daughters.The pair stress they are against child sex and child exploitation and on the website, Ethan wrote: “I am also a paedophile.“My strongest attraction is to girls as young as four.
I'm also attracted to older females, though the attraction drops off sharply above age 30.“I'm very fortunate in this regard, because I've been able to form loving relationships with adult women.
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