Fog, A., Paraphilias and Therapy

Nordisk Sexulologi, 1992.

Let me introduce a new model which describes the situation of a person whose sexual peculiarities are suppressed by the surrounding society. This model I call the isolated minority syndrome

Gieles, F.E.J., Helping people with pedophilic feelings

Lecture at the World Congress of Sexology, Paris, 28 June 2001 & Nordic Ass. of Sexology, Sweden, Sept. 2001

A web site with

- Lecture in English, le Fançais, im Deutsch, in het Nederlands y en Español

- Backgroundarticle (English, Deutsch)

- References (English, Français, Nederlands & Deutsch)

- Summary and curriculum vitae. 

Kirkegaard, Hugh & Northey, Wayne, The Sex Offender as Scapegoat, Vigilante Violence and a Faith Community Response;

 Emory.edu/College.

In May of 1996, an offender was released from prison to a halfway house in Toronto.  The response of the community to his presence in their midst was anger and hostility, and the insistence that corrections officials remove him. [...]
Viewed through the lens of mimetic theory these realities beg the question, ‘Is it possible that sex offenders have become scapegoats among us?’ [...]
[...] how we view and treat the perpetrators of these crimes in our communities, says something about us and the human condition. [...]
In summary, scapegoats are different, vulnerable, illegitimate, and powerful.
The violence of the scapegoat is reciprocated in a cycle of violence such that the "contagion" emanating from the scapegoating response appears worse than the original "disease". [...]
In a paradoxical way perhaps the sex offender has something to teach us about ourselves, our own sexuality, our understanding of community.

Neustatter, Angela, Sympathy for the Devil? Focus: The paedophile threat; 

October 20, 2002 The Observer 

Pervert, monster, evil. That is our gut reaction to men who harm children. Yet evidence shows that, to contain the menace of paedophilia, we need to understand what drives the abusers. 
[...] Helping offenders to live normal lives within society is precisely the aim of the three befriending projects that began this summer with Home Office funding. They are modelled on the Canadian experience, which now offers 33 befriending circles for sex offenders.

Niemöller, Joost, The dissociation circuit; Sloppy thinkers whose dangerous psychological theories resonate in naive circles; A FRONTAL ATTACK; 

De Groene Amsterdammer, Volume 127, Number 16, 16 - 24 April 1996.

[Interview with] Dr. H.F.M. Crombag, co-author of Recovered Memories and other misconceptions, 
[who] refuses to stand idly by watching the invasion of MPD therapists in the Netherlands.

Oellerich, Thomas, The case against the routine provision of psychotherapy to children/adolescents labeled as "sexually abused" ; 

Sexuality & Culture, Volume 6, number 2, 2002   

Whether symptomatic or asymptomatic, children labeled sexually abused are routinely offered treatment at considerable financial cost. One result of this is that mental health professionals are being charged with exploiting the problem of child sexual abuse (CSA). 
Is the routine provision of psychotherapy for children and adolescents labeled sexually abused warranted? 
In this paper, it is argued that the evidence indicates it is not warranted. 
Further, its provision is not in the best interests of either the children or mental health professionals. A number of recommendations are given which follow from the evidence.

Visser, Hans, Pastorate and pedophilia 
by Reverend Hans Visser, Minister of St. Paul's Church, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

December 18, 1998 at the Symposium: The other side of the medallion [coin]

[...] pedophiles are more than just sexual creatures, because they also have many other qualities, which make them to nice and valuable fellow humans.