Many studies show there is a close link between homosexualtiy and paedophilia

IN her letter (April 19), Laura Harmon states that there is absolutely no study which shows a link between homosexuality and paedophilia.

In reality, professional journals have published many such studies, chiefly about men, who are more likely than women to be offenders. These studies disagree about the closeness of the link, but they agree that it is close.

To take some examples: a 1992 study in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy found that homosexual men are three times more likely than straight men to engage in paedophilia.

A 1988 study of 229 convicted child molesters published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour found that 86% of paedophiles described themselves as homosexual or bisexual. A 2000 article in the same journal concludes that among paedophiles the rate of homosexual attraction is six to 20 times higher than among the male population generally. These are only a few of many studies.

Equally compelling is the evidence of gay activists themselves who state clearly there is a link between the gay lifestyle and paedophilia.

For instance, Alfred Kinsey, the sex researcher and gay activist, found in 1948 that 37% of all gay men admitted to having sex with children under 17 years of age.

Gay activists Jay and Young reported in 1979 that 23% of gay men preyed on adolescent or younger boys. Such conclusions have become commonplace among professional researchers.

Most of these testimonies come from America simply because information is easier to obtain on the internet from there than elsewhere, but human nature remains much the same all over the world. Gay activists have gone to great lengths to overturn or distort the evidence, but it remains too strong to be entirely smothered.

Aidan McGing

Sunday’s Well Road

Cork