paedophilia
Britishnoun
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She told the BBC that surrogacy should be seen as a crime as serious as paedophilia, and prosecuted as such.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
A Scottish Conservative spokesman also told the Daily Express that “Most Scots will find any attempt to soften the language around paedophilia in official guidance to be deeply disturbing and wrong.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
Conflating homosexuality with paedophilia or pornography was wrong, as was stigmatizing people, he said, adding tongue-in-cheek that himself being gay did not pose any danger to anyone.
From Reuters ● Jun. 24, 2021
Openibo, who has worked in Africa, Europe and the US, said church leaders must shed the habit of “keeping silent” when cases of paedophilia emerge.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2019
She wrote: "If she had issued it earlier, I may have kept my job on X Factor and avoided the constant accusations of paedophilia which I have been subjected to in real-life and online."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2018
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