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have sex with children victims of sex panics, but priests who do the same thing criminals?
Columbia Prof Minimizes Scandals :: Accuracy In AcademiaColumbia University has a director of the center for gender and sexuality law by the name of Katherine Franke who is considered an authority on sexual matters by The New York Times. Her position seems to be that recent scandals in the news are not really scandalous, except in terms of being sensationalized and overblown by the media. She told the paper that Kevin Clash and David Petraeus were victims of a sex panic when they resigned from their respective positions.
The Times story written by Elizabeth Jensen and Brian Stelter is noteworthy for the claim that Clash, the man behind Elmo of Sesame Street fame, is merely accused of having underage sexual relationships. This is how the New York Times refers to homosexual pedophilia and child sexual abuse.
Franke, a lesbian law professor, believes that children are sexual beings and that gay children in particular need to learn more about healthy sexuality.
Strangely enough, the treatment of these scandals coincided with the appointment of a new CEO of The New York Times, Mark Thompson, who has raised eyebrows by issuing a denial that he was involved with suppressing a child sex abuse scandal while in his previous position as Director General of the BBC.
Cecil Singleton, who filed the complaint against the Elmo puppeteer, says that he was 15 years old when he engaged in sexual encounters with Clash, who was then in his 40s. Another accuser, who later recanted, said he was 16 when he engaged in sexual acts with Clash, then 45. Clash is now 52.