as a woman, this horrifies me!!!!
July 29, 2007
Parents’ Ire Grows at Pedophile’s Unabashed Blog
By Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times
LOS ANGELES, July 27 — The search for the self-described pedophile in the large-brimmed black hat commences nearly every day here, with findings posted on chat rooms frequented by mothers.
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
Jack McClellan, 45, has no record.
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
Jack McClellan, who calls himself a pedophile, has had Web sites in Seattle and Los Angeles detailing how and where he trolls for children.
He was spotted at a fair in Santa Clarita. He recently emerged from the Social Security office on Olympic Boulevard. He tapped away on a computer at the library in Mar Vista. Warnings have gone out. Signs have been posted.
And yet unlike convicted sex offenders, who are required to stay away from places that cater to children, in this case the police can do next to nothing, because this man, Jack McClellan, who has had Web sites detailing how and where he likes to troll for children, appears to be doing nothing illegal.
But his mere presence in Los Angeles — coupled with Mr. McClellan’s commitment to exhibitionistic blogging about his thoughts on little girls — has set parents on edge. One group of mothers, whose members by and large have never met before, will soon band together in a coffee shop to hammer out plans to push lawmakers in Sacramento to legislate Mr. McClellan out of business.
“Just the idea that this person could get away with what he was doing and no one could press charges has made me angry,” said Jane Thompson, a stay-at-home mother in East Los Angeles who recently read Mr. McClellan’s comments about a festival in her neighborhood in which he seemed to be describing her child.
Ms. Thompson is part of a movement to make it illegal to post images of children of any type on Web sites with sexual content or themes. “It became what I call a minor obsession of mine for the next six weeks,” she said, “to get to know his crowd and the things they talk about.” continue@ nytimes.com
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Gerry | July 29, 2007 at 5:15 pm
To as a woman this horifies me. Your a stupid bitch. I’m a man and a single parent. what has this got to do with anything. We all. That means all parents and non-parents are horified.
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mickmck707 | July 31, 2007 at 4:17 pm
McCellen should be castrated.
mickmck707
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JC | August 3, 2007 at 11:54 pm
That is really screwed up for 2 main reasons:
1. The man has committed no crime.
2. It is unreasonable, unfeasible, and nearly impossible for a person to not come within 30 feet of any youth in california.
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Chris | August 3, 2007 at 11:59 pm
It would be interesting if it turns out to be a hoax…maybe he’s not a pedophile at all. He’s never been convicted of any crimes.
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kisarita | August 4, 2007 at 10:00 pm
sure sounds like a pedophile to me, though he may be controlling himself from actually molesting children at least for the duration of his catch me if you can game
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Margarita | August 5, 2007 at 10:22 am
I’m surprised it’s not illegal to take and post pics of children. Doesn’t the law require a model release from a legal guardian for any commercial use of a photograph? I think the parents could use this tactic to control the pedophile’s activities.
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Anonymous | November 22, 2007 at 12:58 am
the very nerve of this human being helping others like him destroying the confidence and security of our communitys is rape