Paedophile taking his kid to sports at weekend

[Pumpkin05]

Long story short information has come to light someone I know was convicted and imprisoned for paedophile charges, some 20 years ago (Information is verifiable)
Flash forward he now has a wife and young child and takes said child to sports clubs and matches at the weekend.
AIBU to think this is strange, and not want my child to attend said sports matches with him there? or am I over-reacting?

Did you not mean the opposite?

Unfortunately they do i know a family it has happened to the girl was 5 weeks away from being 16 and her parents found out reported him and police got involved as shes under 16 and just 18 yr boy went to prison for 8 years for statutory r*pe

He'll be considered safe as he's living with a child, & lots of charges that don't involve young children & are committed by young people, for example a 17 year old with a 15 year old is statutory rape. But 20 years later it doesn't need to follow that they're 'still' a paedophile.
I mean context, we don't have the context, & you need that.
Also, as others have said, you can't never know or be safe, it's always better to be alert, no matter where you are.

What’s with the defending of child SA? It’s published multiple places that they can’t be rehabilitated. Just google it.

You're overreacting. He's done wrong and by the look of it he's turned his life around long ago.

I've worked with perpetrators of SA for many years and they can and do change. It is not helpful to tar everyone with the same brush especially when your information is simply incorrect.

Unfortunately they do i know a family it has happened to the girl was 5 weeks away from being 16 and her parents found out reported him and police got involved as shes under 16 and just 18 yr boy went to prison for 8 years for statutory rpe*

Honestly I don't believe this. It didn't happen.

By the looks of it he's turned his life around?? What on earth are you basing that on you dont know who this person is!

Or perhaps he had previous offences or they discovered abuse images also or something

I don’t think that you are over reacting in the slightest but personally I would not remove my child from the same activity. I would make sure that my child or any other was near him. As has already been mentioned I would have a quiet word with the safeguarding person. Totally expect that they are not aware. Sadly paedophiles end up coaching and helping out with sports where they have easy access to children.

He will always be on the sex offenders register

I had the same questions as the previous poster so this absolutely changes things. Go to the police. I’m sure he must be in breach of some of his terms of release. He absolutely should not be around other children

May of done his time,but the freaks never change.

Ummm, no… check out reoffending rates by offence type…

I wonder if his wife even knows about his past. I'd be watching my DC like a hawk and not allowed any contact between my DC and his DC but other than that do t know what you can do.

Are you just looking at sexual offences? Because that is low, but that includes all types of sexual offences. I just looked at an official report of a case study of men convicted of possessing child porn and it said 55% went on to reoffend. That's pretty high!

How is this defending SA, for heaven's sake?
I simply asked how they were so adamant.
Besides, you know nothing of my history, so please don't assume I am defendjng SA

Every fair-sized crowd that you're ever in contains a paedophile, or more than one - you just don't know who they are. You know someone who you think is a nice man, and he's a paedophile. It's common, and we just try not to think about it - not much else we can do. At least this way you know where never to let your dc go for a playdate. It's disturbing because it reminds us of all the times we don't know.

Not enough. He should be dead. 😊

In the U.K. an individual convicted of a sexual offense 20 years ago would likely still be on the Sex Offenders Register, as the notification requirements are generally indefinite for certain offenses and sentences, under Sarah Law I believe you can ask for information from the local police about someone who has contact with a child if you suspect they may pose a risk.
if he’s on the register still it’s likely they may be aware and that social services are involved, but the sex offenders register does also cover underage sex between teenagers as well as grooming etc.

If he is on the sex offenders register he isn't allowed around other children or in social settings where children are likely to be. The offenders themselves admit this is an 'addiction' and as such there always lurks a possibility of regression. No there is no way they should be allowed near children who may think this is a safe person because he's 'John's' Dad.

He might have done his time but he’s always going to be a peadofile.

OP be very careful I think someone should let his dp know if they can just because he’s a dad doesn’t mean he won’t abuse his own or there friends.

Even if he volunteers he will have to have an enhanced police check, so it’s unlikely he will, knowing what it will show up. Thankfully it’s not so easy these days to get access to kids.

I think for me it would depend on the sport - gymnastics or swimming bit of a different case to judo or fencing.

This.

Put every last one of them down.