Our mission is to improve the lives of pedophiles but never at the expense of the welfare of children.
Pedophiles are human beings who deserve all the associated rights and responsibilities, including an obligation to protect children from harm. Virtuous Pedophiles is fundamentally opposed to any form of sexual activity between adults and children.
Virtuous Pedophiles, the organization:
- offers support and companionship to pedophiles and other minor-attracted people in a peer-group setting
- seeks to educate the public about pedophilia, including the fact that having pedophilia does not entail committing crimes
- helps at-risk pedophiles never to abuse children, and supports law-abiding behavior more broadly
- campaigns for better mental health support for pedophiles, including pedophile youth
- argues against stigmas that create unjust discrimination against pedophiles
- supports research that creates a better understanding of pedophilia
We:
- believe that sexual activity between an adult and a child is always wrong, and oppose legalizing it or making it in any way more accepted
- believe that material that records abuse and exploitation of real children is always wrong and oppose its production, distribution, legalization and use.
Virtuous Pedophiles, the grassroots organization behind this website, was founded in 2012 by Nick Devin and Ethan Edwards. We were the first peer-support organization for pedophiles to be clear that we are against sexual contact between adults and children, now and in the future.
For over a decade, thousands of pedophiles, their families and their friends have reached out to us for support. We have assisted with academic research and explained to the outside world that ‘pedophile’ is not a synonym for ‘abuser’ or ‘criminal’.