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Convicted paedophile allowed to adopt in Sweden
A Swedish man convicted for molesting a five-year-old girl in his neighbourhood has been given the green light to adopt a child of his own, as Swedish authorities said they did not fear he would relapse into criminal behaviour.
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I've always had respect for how Sweden handled their criminals and the push for their eventual rehabilitation. However, this is a bad idea! He's genetically predisposed to this type of behaviour, adopting a child in this man's situation is like waving a crack baggie infront of a drug addict.
If you read the article you would know that the people making the choice had no clue of his previous crimes. Also the child he is adopting is his stepson which probably influenced their choirce even more. But I do think that he should be allowed to adopt anyways so I hope they'll change their mind.
The fact that the child is related to him changes nothing. He is still a convicted child molester, and should not have custody over any children, ever.
Well put.
I totally agree. This can't end well.
The article states that his review board wasn't given access to the details of his crimes, so I'd cut them a little slack there.
The board also required that he attend therapy sessions and parenting classes, and said that relapse was low and mostly likely to happen with girls, rather than boys. The child that the man is adopting is his stepson, not just some random child that he has no real relation to.
I'm not trying to be an apologist or anything like that, but things get a little muddy when you look at the details.
You're right. Since it is his stepson, he already has access to the child anyway, so it's a little less creepy than my initial thought of a child molester being able to dial up an orphanage and get his pick. While I think child molesters should have no access to any children (or oxygen, for that matter) ever, in this case it seems like adoption isn't going to change anything.
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Really? REALLY?! I'm sorry but when there's a helpless child involved I don't believe this man should get the benefit of the doubt. Ever. There should be a one strike rule in certain areas and this is one. You molest a child, you should never be able to adopt.