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- ↑ Katie Herzog (20 July 2018). "Online Support Groups Can Keep Pedophiles From Offending but They Keep Getting Shut Down". The Stranger; thestranger.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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- ↑ Bussel, Rachel Kramer (18 October 2013). "Can Pedophiles Help Themselves? A Book's Provocative Take on Sexuality". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ McBride, Alexander (2017-05-03). "I Spent a Year Living with 'Non-Offending' Pedophiles". Vice News. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
