Julian Fantino,,is a Canadian retired police official and former politician. He was the Conservative Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada for the riding of Vaughan following a November 29,2010 by-election,until his defeat in 2015. On January 4,2011,Fantino was named Minister of State for Seniors;on May 18,2011,he became Associate Minister of National Defence;on July 4,2012,he was named Minister for International Cooperation. Fantino served as the Minister of Veterans Affairs from 2013 until 2015,when he was demoted to his earlier post of Associate Minister of National Defence following sustained criticism of his performance at Veterans Affairs. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Francesco Sorbara in the 2015 election.
Joy Ann Smith is a Canadian politician. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba between 1999 and 2003,and was in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.
Clayton Charles Ruby was a Canadian lawyer and activist,specializing in constitutional and criminal law and civil rights.
Thomas Eugene Flanagan is an American-born Canadian author,conservative political activist,and former political science professor at the University of Calgary. He also served as an advisor to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper until 2004.
Kevin Alfred Strom is an American white nationalist and neo-Nazi from Virginia who founded the National Vanguard.
Neil M. Cohen is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1994 to 2008 where he represented the 20th Legislative District. He had also served in the Assembly from the 21st District from 1990 to 1992.
Bernard Vincent Finnigan is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 2006 until 2015. He was appointed in May 2006 as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party to the Legislative Council in a casual vacancy triggered by the death of Terry Roberts. Elected at the 2010 election,Finnigan briefly served in the Rann government cabinet from February until April in 2011,when Labor suspended him from the party,sitting thereafter as an independent backbencher until his 2015 parliamentary resignation. He was the Acting Police Minister at the time of his arrest.
Child erotica is non-pornographic material relating to children that is used by any individuals for sexual purposes. It is a broader term than child pornography,incorporating material that may cause sexual arousal such as nonsexual images,books or magazines on children or pedophilia,toys,diaries,or clothes. Law enforcement investigators have found that child erotica is often collected by pedophiles and child sexual abuse offenders. It may be collected as a form of compulsive behavior and as a substitute for illegal underage pornography and is often a form of evidence for criminal behavior.
Anser Farooq is a Canadian defence attorney based in Mississauga,Ontario,who gained notability defending suspects during the 2006 Ontario terrorism plot.
Keith Farnham was a Democratic former member of the Illinois House of Representatives who resigned from office and pleaded guilty of distributing child pornography in 2014.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Canada are well documented dating back to the 1960s. The preponderance of criminal cases with Canadian Catholic dioceses named as defendants that have surfaced since the 1980s strongly indicate that these cases were far more widespread than previously believed. While recent media reports have centred on Newfoundland dioceses,there have been reported cases—tested in court with criminal convictions—in almost all Canadian provinces. Sexual assault is the act of an individual touching another individual sexually and/or committing sexual activities forcefully and/or without the other person's consent. The phrase Catholic sexual abuse cases refers to acts of sexual abuse,typically child sexual abuse,by members of authority in the Catholic church,such as priests. Such cases have been occurring sporadically since the 11th century in Catholic churches around the world. This article summarizes some of the most notable Catholic sexual abuse cases in Canadian provinces.
Simulated child pornography is child pornography depicting what appear to be minors but which is produced without their direct involvement.
Age of consent law in Canada refers to cultural and legal discussions in Canada regarding the age of consent,which was raised in May 2008 as part of the Tackling Violent Crime Act. This applies to all forms of sexual activity.
Raymond John Lahey was a Canadian former priest and former bishop of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish,Nova Scotia,from 2003 to 2009. Lahey was charged in 2009 with the importation of child pornography. He was suspended from the exercise of his priestly and sacramental functions,resigned as bishop in 2009,and was laicized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.
Andrew Robert Muirhead is an Australian former radio and television presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the presenter of ABC Radio Hobart's breakfast program in Tasmania and also the presenter of the Collectors television program from 2005 to 2010. In 2012,he pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography and served four months of a five-month jail sentence.
Lisa A. Biron is a disbarred attorney from Manchester,New Hampshire,and a convicted child molester and child pornographer. In November 2012,she was indicted on federal charges related to the sexual exploitation of her 14-year-old daughter,including taking her to Canada to have sex with a man there. She was convicted on all charges in a January 2013 trial,and was sentenced that May to 40 years in prison.
Rehtaeh Anne Parsons,was a 17-year-old Cole Harbour District High School student who attempted suicide by hanging at her home in Dartmouth,Nova Scotia,Canada,on April 4,2013,leading to a coma and the decision to switch her life support machine off on April 7,2013. Her death has been attributed to online distribution of photos of an alleged gang rape that occurred 17 months prior to her suicide,in November 2011. On a Facebook page set up in tribute to her daughter,Parsons' mother blamed the four boys who allegedly raped and released images of her,the subsequent constant "bullying and messaging and harassment",and the failure of the Canadian justice system,for her daughter's decision to die by suicide.
Freedom Hosting was a Tor specialist web hosting service that was established in 2008. At its height in August 2013,it was the largest Tor web host.
Project Spade,an international police investigation into child pornography,began in October 2010 in Toronto,Canada. The investigation started when Toronto Police Service officers made on-line contact with a man who was alleged to have been sharing pornographic videos via the Internet and by mail. The investigation eventually covered over 50 countries. 348 people were arrested internationally,and 386 children were said to have been rescued. The primary producers were Igor Rusanov and Andrey Ivanov in Crimea,Ukraine,Markus Roth in Romania,and Paul Kruger in Germany.
Jason Edward Wayne Dickens,better known as Byrd Dickens,is a Canadian former actor,cameraman,and convicted sex offender,who was known for his role as Scott Smith,an abusive boyfriend,on Degrassi High from the late 1980s to early 1990s. Dickens also did minor acting roles and camera and electrical work for various films and television productions. In 2016,Dickens was arrested and charged after committing acts of filming child pornography,possessing child pornography,child molestation,and acts of bestiality with three other women.
