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In February 2014, the NCCL's connection with the Paedophile Information Exchange, an affiliated group during Hewitt's period as the pressure group's general secretary, gained media attention to which Harriet Harman and her partner Jack Dromey also responded. The Daily Mail claimed that Hewitt had accepted submissions from PIE whilst preparing the NCCL's proposals for lowering the age of consent.[49]
On 27 February 2014, Hewitt in a statement apologised and took responsibility for the "mistakes" made, saying NCCL and herself had been "naive" about PIE, whilst insisting she had never "supported or condoned the vile crimes of child abusers"[en.wikipedia.org...
Miss Harman, 58, was a newly qualified solicitor when she became legal officer for the National Council for Civil Liberties, now known as Liberty, in 1978. At the time its general secretary was Patricia Hewitt, who went on to become health secretary under Tony Blair. Among the groups affiliated to NCCL were the Paedophile Information Exchange and Paedophile Action for Liberation, whose members argued openly for the abolition of the age of consent. NCCL complained to the press watchdog about their treatment by tabloid newspapers and said in one article: “We support any organisation that seeks to campaign for anything it wants within the law. They have that right.” In NCCL’s official response to the Government’s plans to reform sex laws, dubbed a “Lolita’s Charter”, it suggested reducing the age of consent and argued that “childhood sexual experiences, willingly engaged in, with an adult result in no identifiable damage”. It claimed that children can suffer more from having to retell their experiences in court or the press.
originally posted by: seasonal
I find it suspect that Wiki had the info, that was very similar to the info he posted and sat on.
If he was "heart attacked" then the info dropped to wiki, I could see the logic.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: BubbaJoe
Patricia Hewitt is no lazy bum, she is a big wig politician in Australia. I find it hard to believe she didn't have to hit the bricks. She is also very demented.
In February 2014, the NCCL's connection with the Paedophile Information Exchange, an affiliated group during Hewitt's period as the pressure group's general secretary, gained media attention to which Harriet Harman and her partner Jack Dromey also responded. The Daily Mail claimed that Hewitt had accepted submissions from PIE whilst preparing the NCCL's proposals for lowering the age of consent.[49]
On 27 February 2014, Hewitt in a statement apologised and took responsibility for the "mistakes" made, saying NCCL and herself had been "naive" about PIE, whilst insisting she had never "supported or condoned the vile crimes of child abusers"[en.wikipedia.org...