Paedophile taking his kid to sports at weekend

I agree it does not work they have a sex*ual preference for minors maybe of a certain age though. Either way they are all around some have these thoughts tho don’t act on them. Good to know and be giving him a wide berth sadly.

Let the club know if you have proof. Keep your distance from him, make sure your kids dont interact with him or his children. Be careful

Paedophiles never change. I know as I was abused by numerous family members and had the nerve to tell me it's all cured now after having counselling. All lies as I later found out when we reported them. Police told us there were numerous charges on this person and we had added 4 more of rape.

Do you think his wife knows ? Do people around him know ? Including sporting organisations? I would try and find out the above and if there is any restrictions on him being around children . If they were not aware obviously they would be now and they could at least be on guard .
I can see why it upsets you as it would upset me a lot

Totally agree. There are nuances. Not that either is ok but one I’d allow around my kids, the other I wouldn’t.

They’ll usually go on the register, but sometimes only for x number of years. I think that’s wrong and they should be on it for life unless it’s something like an 18 year old having consensual sex with a 15 year old - I think they should be given another chance.

I (perhaps naively) thought pedophiles we're put on the sex offenders register and prevented from being near children after their release?

It's incredibly unpleasant and I'd be wary, but realistically there could be unknown pedophiles at any event. At least you know to pay special attention to this one.

KickHimInTheCrotch · Yesterday 19:11

Not to minimise at all but possession, making and distributing images is a non-contact offence. It demonstrates a sexual interest in children but it would be a big step to say there was an imminent risk of a contact offence.

Each image and video contains a child, who was sexually abused. He may not have done so physically, but he and "men" like him are equally culpable.

20 years ago, it was treated less seriously. I worked with a scumbag who was arrested in the office, in 2000. He'd been "working" late and using the company printers to produce images he'd got from the internet.

We followed the court case, he had thousands and thousands of the vilest stuff imaginable - he got 5 months.

So how did he end up going to jail for what he did? Would be very rare for someone to spend time in jail for merely copying an image of CA.

Also I would suggest people be wary that he isnt using his phone to video or photo the kids which can then be used to create abuse images. This has been on the news recently as the latest thing these people are doing!

This is what I was going to say.

So much depends on the actual circumstances. I am aware of a local lad who has ended up on the sex offenders register because when he was 18 at a party he had sex with a girl he thought was his age. Turns out she was 15 and the parents got the police involved.

He behaviour was inappropriate not predatory, but he is stuck with this for life.

Some posters mentioned that "making" in this context in the law means making a copy (for example by downloading from the internet), not creating the image.

https://www.olliers.com/news/what-does-making-indecent-images-mean/

Which really shifts it. I'm not saying it isn't disgusting, just that the risk to a real child at football aren't that high as if he harmed a child personally.

I hate this 'he's done his time' when it comes to convicted paedophiles.

What about the victims, have they done their time, or is this something they will need to deal with for the rest of their lives?

The damage done is irreversible and can't (IMO) be made ok by a jail stint.

I know, right? There is no 'only' anything when it comes to child sexual abuse. Ludicrous.

I’ve worked in forensics and a lot
of our patients were paedophiles. They absolutely cannot be rehabilitated despite the claims of some in this post- it’s one the main reasons why that sector has such a poor staff retention rate.

In your situation- I would ensure that everyone who possibly can know what he is, does know what he is.

You can always do a right to tell (not ask) Sarah's law request and police will disclose to the sports club if necessary

Yes and he went to prison for whatever he did, we know how lenient sentences can be for sexual offences so to go to jail says something

The people minimising what this piece of scum did because he wasn’t convicted of physically touching a child and just possessing, making and distributing images should be ashamed of themselves. You halfwits are acting like he may have just accidentally opened a link and was horrified. The OP clearly states he made the abuse images and distributed them.

Honestly. You're overthinking this. He's not a risk to your child. You aren't leaving your child unattended with him.

You would be shocked at how many people your child comes into contact with on a daily basis that are on a sex offenders register, many children in school are also on it I have two in my class!
Your next door neighbour might be. At least you know about this one

surely there ate conditions around his release that would include not being around other children. I'd contact the police and ask them if any conditions are in place and whether they're being followed.

I thought that paedophiles after a prison sentence still had restrictions on who they could live with after their release? Certainly when I was fostering I knew of a woman who lost her kids because she refused to throw out the paedophile she had brought into her home. I would have thought he would still be on the sex offenders register.

It sounds like downloading and sharing images rather than actually abusing a child? The crime of making images doesn't mean he took the photos it literally means making a copy of a file by downloading it. Which is obviously still despicable but I don't think all men who download images go on to offend in person, and the terms of his probation seem to allow him contact with children. I would never leave my child with someone who had done that, or spend time with them socially but I probably wouldn't leave the football club over it or prevent my own child from playing.

Not a paedophile , to my knowledge, but poor Rosie Batty was told to allow her ex to attend her sons cricket practice. She's English but was Australian of the year.
I'd be keeping every dodgy man ( paedo, record of violence, has an AVO etc) well away from kids sports.
I regularly think of this poor young boy and the people that were there but just a minute too late as he'd taken him to the side of the oval.😧

Logically I accept that paedophiles are everywhere so the risk posed by this individual isn’t that significantly high.

However I wouldn’t be comfortable in this situation and would likely move my child to another sports club.

I would have a word with the club’s safeguarding officer. And with any club or activity involving children:

• is it well organised and professional?
• is the safeguarding information on the website up to date?
• be wary of lift sharing etc.
• make sure you’ve had the correct conversations with your child.

Where there are children, there will be paedophiles. Whether it’s a school, football club, scout group, church youth group, whatever. The safeguarding has to be watertight to make it clear to potential offenders that this is not an environment in which they can operate, and to never give them the opportunity.

This.

I can’t write here what I’d hope would be the end result for him as the post would be deleted. They’re the fucking worst and don’t deserve to ever be tolerated in society. Whether it’s one day or one hundred years after conviction, they don’t deserve anything from anyone.

The only non-threatening paedophile is a dead one.