CANADA/UNITED STATES
CBC News
By Amber Hildebrandt, CBC News Posted: Jul 21, 2014
Last year, Ethan Edwards, a man in his mid-50s, confided his deepest secret to a close friend: that he was a pedophile.
“He’s happy to keep my secret,” Edwards wrote in an online chat with CBC News, too fearful of vigilantes to give out his phone number. But he says his friend now feels infected by his secret.
Edwards, a pseudonym, only realized he was attracted to young girls a few years ago. He says he’s never acted on it.
Now, he’s devoting his energy to helping others ensure they, too, never victimize a child.
Edwards, who says he is from Pennsylvania and is the father of three daughters, co-founded a online support group called Virtuous Pedophiles.
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