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Canadian Receives Only 3 1/2 Years for “Worst Imaginable Forms of Child Pornography”
Child Rights Advocates Decry Light Sentence by Canada for Child Pornographer
By Terry Vanderheyden
EDMONTON, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Edmonton man who videoed himself sexually abusing his step-children so he could distribute the material to other pedophiles has been handed a three and a half year sentence.
Carl Treleaven was part of an international ring of child molesters and pedophiles whose crimes were described last week by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as “the worst imaginable forms of child pornography.” The material, transmitted from user to user via an on-line chat room often streamed live acts with children – one as young as 18 months.
A Calgary-based child advocate and herself a victim of childhood sexual abuse, Linda Pushor, criticized the light sentence. While Treleaven will be in jail at most 3 1/2 years, his victims will suffer the effects of the abuse for life, she said. Pushor advocates lifetime in prison. “It’s my firm belief that we can humanely incarcerate people that are a clear and present danger to our children and keep them from hurting other children,” she said, as reported by the Edmonton Sun.
Canadian child advocacy group Beyond Borders president Rosalind Prober agreed that 3 1/2 years is a slap on the wrist. “What happens to this guy when his sentence is over?” she asked. “If you valued children, this guy would never be let out of jail.” Prober argued that a “hard-wired pedophile” like Treleaven is a likely candidate to re-offend.
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
9 Canadians, 13 Americans Busted in ‘Worst Imaginable’ Child Porn Ring
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06031603.html
OTTAWA'S NEGLIGENCE OVER CHILD PORN CRITICIZED IN WAKE OF MINIMAL ARRESTS
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jan/03011702.html
CANADA AGAIN FAILS TO MAKE ARRESTS IN INTERNATIONAL CHILD PORN RING BUST
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/dec/01120303.html
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