paedophilia

[ UK /pˌiːdəfˈɪli‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a sexual attraction to children
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  • This might be funny, if it weren't for the fact that 1) the catholic church has done nothing to those accused of paedophilia, and has gone so far as to shield the abusers, and 2) they probably would "excommunicate" the women that become "priests"!!! AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • The great majority of cases now before the church involve not pedophilia but "ephebophilia," an attraction to post-pubescent youths. Sex And The Church: A Case For Change
  • The one paraphilia that remains absolutely verboten is pedophilia. MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature
  • Relations between teenage women and older men would anywhere else be called pedophilia or at least statutory rape.
  • In one of the most counterintuitive findings, the report says that fewer than 5 percent of the abusive priests exhibited behavior consistent with pedophilia, which it defines as a psychiatric disorder that is characterized by recurrent fantasies, urges and behaviors about prepubescent children. NYT > Home Page
  • She has researched pedophilia and goes so far as citing the work of psychiatrist Fred Berlin, M. D. , founder of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention, and Treatment of Sexual Trauma.
  • He added: "I absolutely condemn sex tourism, which is a disgrace, I condemn paedophilia, in which I have never participated in any way.
  • The word we want is not the legalistic "paedophilia", which in any case deceitfully translates as "fondness for children". The Guardian World News
  • Relations between teenage women and older men would anywhere else be called pedophilia or at least statutory rape.
  • Same-sex relationships equal incestuous and pedophiliac abuses. Leah McElrath Renna: Rick Warren, Obama? Really?!?!
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