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WHO WANTS TO “DESTIGMATISE” CHILD ABUSERS?
Many of those who engage in such abhorrent acts are victims of similar abuse and in some sense deserve help and sympathy but rebranding them as “people with a sexual interest in minors” only normalises their evil behaviour.
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