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2002 Updates
October 22, 2002
Sex suspect charged: N.Y. man arrested at New Towne Mall
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October 22, 2002
'Faith healer' jailed for sex assault of girl
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October 22, 2002
Alleged Pedophile Extradited to US
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October 22, 2002
Release of pedophile Toft a safety worry: Klein
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October 22, 2002
Child porn task force on verge of collapse
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October 22, 2002
Justice denied again
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October 22, 2002
Sex pest is freed after assault on boy
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October 22, 2002
Policeman arrested as part of nationwide paedophile hunt
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October 22, 2002
Serial paedophile out of town
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October 2, 2002
Editorial: Plan for pedophile register sparks alarm
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October 2, 2002
Pervert pays for patronizing prepubescent prostitutes
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October 2, 2002
SEX-CHANGE PAEDOPHILE IS JAILED
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October 2, 2002
City paedophile's appeal thrown out
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October 2, 2002
Man gets 20 years in molest case
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October 2, 2002
D.A. pushing for tougher sentence for rapist
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October 22, 2002
SOC-UM Founder visits White House, Meets President
www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/children/index.html
I just wanted you all to know that Debbie Mahoney, our very own
forum moderator, appeared in Washington, D.C. before President Bush
at the White House Conference on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway
Children this past Wednesday, October 2, 2002. She was one of six
hundred hand-picked individuals from across the United States.
President Bush had selected a wide-ranging group of advocates and
experts in the field, including the parents of victim children, law
enforcement officials, federal, state and local leaders, citizen
experts, and many other leaders involved in the cause of missing,
exploited, and runaway children.
While Debbie is indeed a parent of a child who was abused by a sexual predator,
she is also an expert in the field of child abuse. Her book, "Innocence Lost? Protecting
Your Child from the Trauma of Abuse," is a leading informational guide and resource handbook
for the prevention of child sexual abuse.
Debbie has fought hard for public disclosure and the reporting of both the
sexual abuse and the perpetrator. She states in the book, "I believe strongly in the
importance of writing a guide that gives a good overview on issues surrounding child safety.
Parents need to be given the available information if they are to be
successful in keeping their children safe. The biggest offense for parents is to learn about
the issues and deploy strategies that will provide the best defense for helping to keep their kids safe."
Even though I have no children, I have read this important safety guide. Having just
substituted for my very first kindergarten class, I thought it was a necessary thing to
read to prepare me for teaching. I think all adults should take part in keeping all of
America's children safe.
As Hillary Clinton once said, "It takes a village to raise a child," and I am a part of
that village. Last night I was speaking to another forum member, and she told me that
when she lived in Italy about ten years ago, she felt like her children were so safe
there you could lose them in a crowd, and they would be very well taken care of by everyone
in town. She said it was totally unacceptable to hurt children there, and that people who
did received very quick, very harsh justice. I have a feeling that
might not be the same any more.
Debbie writes, "Our world has changed, both for the better and for the worse. Never before have
our children benefited from such amazing technological advances, while at the same time being potential
victims of so much evil." The internet opens up a whole new world of possibilities to the
child predator, quite literally. Debbie says the vast majority of children are sexually abused by
someone they know, but nowadays that definition can include anyone they communicate with, online or off.
I have a feeling that Debbie would be too humble to tell you that she was included in President Bush's
Conference because she is a very hard-working advocate and citizen expert, and not just because
she was the parent of someone who was sexually abused. She was also instrumental in the formation of
the 'Child Molester Hotline' in California in 1994; has spoken or appeared on numerous radio and
television shows; serves on the advisory board of several child safety and crime victim organizations;
and has even spoken internationally. You can read more about Debbie's story in the main page of the
SOC-UM website (Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers). She is the Founder and President.
The White House Conference on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children was the very first of its kind.
President Bush hosted the event in order to raise public awareness of steps that parents, law
enforcement, and communities can take to make America's children safer. The President announced
his support for the Hutchison-Feinstein National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002, and has authorized
the Attorney General to appoint a national AMBER Alert Coordinator at the Justice Department. The President
also proposed a 26% increase in funding for the Missing and Exploited Children's Program, which provides
training for state and local law enforcement on handling missing children cases. His budget request
would almost double the funding for the Department of Justice's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
(ICACTF) program. Debbie stated,"It is important for survivors to know that at the highest level of our
Government a commitment to help strengthen our laws, and help our children has been established."
I agree, and I think this is great news.
Debbie said the Conference was attended by many dignitaries, including Secretary of State Colin Powell,
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, U.S. Secretary of Education Ron Paige, Attorney General
John Ashcroft, and Robert Mueller, director of the FBI. President Bush was accompanied by First Lady Laura Bush,
and Debbie even got a "hug" by the President! She told me she wasn't sure she deserved it, but that it was
"awesome." Well, I beg to differ. I think she deserved it very much. If I were there, I would have hugged her myself.
August 28, 2002
Thirteen days of agony until hope finally died
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August 28, 2002
Thailand orders extradition of U.S. paedophile suspect
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August 28, 2002
Released sex offenders face lie detector tests
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August 28, 2002
Knight killing 'unintentional'
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August 28, 2002
Bali, Batam islands notorious for child abuse
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August 28, 2002
Editorial: Boyfriends as child-abusers Single mothers need alternatives such
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August 17, 2002
A Telephone Courtship, a First Date Ends in Death
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August 17, 2002
Police debut web paedophile tracker
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August 17, 2002
Paedophiles predicted to turn to child trafficking
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August 17, 2002
L.A. to Track Sex Offenders on Internet
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July 25, 2002
'Granddaddy' of Atlanta pimps sentenced to 30 years in prison
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July 25, 2002
Philly Police Praise Kidnapped Girl
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July 25, 2002
Convicted sex offender charged with molesting three minors
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July 27, 2002
Principal sacked over porn at school
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July 27, 2002
Man sentenced to community work for child porn stash
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July 27, 2002
Tape: Stayner asked FBI for child porn in exchange for confession
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July 27, 2002
Jail over 14,000 child-porn images
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July 27, 2002
Japan reports sharp rise in cases of child abuse
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July 18, 2002
Serial molester admits he abducted girls
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July 18, 2002
Oak Park children kept inside after abduction attempt
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June 29, 2002
Parents angry as molester arrives
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July 5, 2002
Sex abuse inquiry to begin
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July 5, 2002
US House OKs Rewritten Internet Child-Porn Ban
By Andy Sullivan
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July 5, 2002
Serial sex offender guilty again
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June 29, 2002
Parents angry as molester arrives
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June 13, 2002
Govt targets prominent child porn users
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