Lahvlann: Up the reek without a coddle - 26/07 two 18 so to speak

Paedophiles have been with us since time began. My father (who loathed paedophiles) told my mother and myself how he was abused as a boy by a policeman, in the 1920s. He was in the British Merchant Navy during WW2 and said a large number of men aboard had the most appalling predatory behaviour s towards other men, women, children. As a teenage girl he warned me how badly a fair number of men could behave, and to diplomatically withdraw my company should I feel uncomfortable.

I always imagine there must be those out there who experience unwanted “jollies” as Fillup describes it in presence of children, and that they have a conscience and turn away from actually harming children. They are hardly likely to own up to such a trait, except maybe to a psychologist if they seek treatment.