Employers and sex offenders?

[ShouldIHaveKnown]

Should employers have made employees aware that their line manager is a convicted sex offender (downloading indecent images of children, served prison sentence and has had another conviction for similar offences)

obviously, I’ve just found out and have blocked him on my social media and I once took my child into office when collecting some equipment from him. But I don’t know how I feel about not being told, when my employers know I have young children. It just would have been nice to have been made aware? Or would they not be aware themselves? I’m really not sure how it all works in relation to who needs to know what.

I don’t really know how I’m supposed to feel about it all? I’m a bit disappointed in myself, I feel like I haven’t safeguarded my children enough. My SM is secure and I only share what I want to share with people who I know in real life, friends family ect.. but obviously that doesn’t seem to be enough. It’s made me really rethink who I have on my friends list.

But that’s not answering the question.

Someone posted this. What’s their connection to this man? Who actually posted it and what proof is there that it’s legitimate.

I would delete my social media if someone was targeting me wether it was true or not.

@Startingagainandagain
it isn’t said how they’ve got the information; but I do know that he has a lot of ‘visitors’ to his flat.. usually ‘lady friends’ - he talks a lot about the women that come to his flat to hang out.

My best guess is that one of them have found this letter and have taken photos in disbelief and shared them to others.

the job were in can be done remotely and we do have colleagues from all over the place. - but he has been convicted twice. One serving a short prison sentence, and then a 36 month community order (not actually sure what that is myself!)

No I don't think so, but I understand why you would be upset because I would also be upset, but studies show that reinterigation into society reduces child abuse cases as if we complete shun abusers then they only associate in circles of other peados which normalises their behaviour and makes them more likely to reoffend.

Unfortunately if he's out of prison he needs a job and aslong as he's job isn't working with children or vulnerable people telling staff about his convictions would make it impossible for him to work.

But I absolutely understand how you feel because I would be upset and distressed if I found this out about a college and tbh now everyone knows I think they need to dismiss him because colleges shouldn't have to work with people that distress them.

Be really careful OP. What you've seen on SM could be fake (posted by someone with a grudge against him) and he isn't and never has been convicted or on the sex offenders register, despite this so called evidence.

Regardless of whether it's true or not, the person who posted that has committed a criminal offence - faking official confidential documents and/or sharing them on social media. If he is innocent he could very easily take that person to court and sue for defamation of character.

It's really easy to fake "genuine" documents so you need to be absolutely 100% sure, and more, that what you've seen is legitimate and not some smear campaign towards this man.

He most likely did the sex offender programme on a 36 month order. If all you found out is true, he will be a registered sex offender and the police will have input also. They would have had to approve his employment.

I understand it's a shock for you. But it is better for him to be employed. If you'd posted that you'd found this out about an unemployed neighbour everyone would be up in arms about supporting him with our taxes! While isolation doesn't cause someone to offend, it can exacerbate it.

The police will keep tabs on him. They check up on these people in many ways. So if he does reoffend he's unlikely to get away with it.

I’m 99% It is all true. The details are just far too similar to his character and it makes sense as to why he is the way that he is. I don’t want to be too outing so I can’t go into detail.

Lots of comments about finding out where he lives, parents going to confront him ect. I’m guessing he moved to this town after similar happened in his home town. I would expect he will move again shortly. That or I think he may be a danger to himself to be honest.

As an update. We received an email from work to say he’s resigned with immediate effect and he’s moving.