Child molestation

Child molesting is the physical or psychological act of harming a minor child by sexual means. The chief characteristic of such abuse is the position of the adult over the child; the dominance of the adult allows that individual to coerce and/or force a child into sexual activity. The resulting abuse may include contact with the genitals, masturbations, or penetration up to and including rape. Non-physical contact may include voyuerism or photography for pornographic purposes [1]. Studies by law enforcement and psychologists indicate that most individuals engaged in child sexual abuse continue to do so regardless of punishment; the effects on the children involved indicate a lifetime scarring.

Cases of child molesting

On April 20, 2007 Ted Lamborgine, 66, of Parma, Ohio, was sentenced by a Detroit judge to three life terms in Michigan for sexualy molesting boys. Lamborgine and Richard Lawson, 60, were accused of operating a pedophile ring in Detroit during the 1970's and 1980's, often luring kids into sexual acts in exchange for candy, soda, food, and other items. Lawson, however, pointed the finger of blame at Lamborgine at another unsolved case: the notorious Oakland County Child Killings of 1976-77, in which four children were molested and killed in the county north of Detroit. Lamborgine had refused a prosecutor's deal in which 13 of the fifteen charges for child molestation would be dropped in exchange for a polygraph examination into the deaths. Lawson is currently serving a life sentence for murder. [2][3][4]

Polly Klass, a 12 year-old girl from Petaluma, California, was kidnapped at knifepoint on October 1, 1993, while hosting a slumber party at her home; she was later found strangled, and an autopsy determined she had been raped. Arrested in the case was Richard Allen Davis, who led police to the body. Davis had a lengthy criminal history, including burglary and kidnapping; the Klass murder earned him a spot on California's death row. [5]

Organizations which promote child molesting

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North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) public logo; note how the capitol "M" (for man, is forcing itself on the lowercase "b" (for boy)

The North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is an organization which promotes homosexual pedophilia relations on young boys, and actively seeks the overturn of statutory rape laws. Specifically, they seek to change age of consent laws which require that a child be of a certain age (which varies by state) before they can agree to sexual intercourse. NAMBLA also engages in activities against law enforcement of pedophilia, and has stymied efforts of officers to effect arrests of wanted individuals world-wide; one famous case was Eric Franklin Rosser, a one-time keyboard player for rock music star John Cougar Mellencamp. Rosser was added to the FBI's most wanted list, as well as profiled on the television show America's Most Wanted, and was continually warned by NAMBLA members as to police efforts in locating him while on the run in Europe. He was finally captured in Bangkok, Thailand on August 21, 2001. [6]

NAMBLA was defended by the ACLU in a $200 million civil lawsuit [7], brought on by the parents of a 10 year old murder victim; the parents claimed the killers were motivated by material accessible on the NAMBLA website.

Links

If anyone suspects someone engaged in child molesting, contact your local law enforcement agency, county sheriff, state or provincial police, or one of the following links:

• America's Most Wanted
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBI Field Offices page
• United States Marshals Service
• INTERPOL
• Metropolitan Police Service, London (New Scotland Yard)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Australian Federal Police

other links

• Database of sexual predators by state
• California Megan's Law
• Article by Dr. Madeleine Cosman on sexual predators illegally in the U.S.
• Charges against Eric Franklin Rosser, once a keyboardist for John Cougar Mellencamp
• Understanding Child Sexual Abuse