Names of members of 'pro-paedophile' group leaked - and some work with children
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A dossier has emerged revealing names of people in an organisation which publicly called for sex with children to be legalised. The list of 300 members of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) - some of whom were discovered to be potentially working with children through their jobs or volunteering - was handed over to the BBC, the organisation reports. PIE was an activist group founded in the 1970s and campaigned for the lowering of the legal age of consent. They officially disbanded in 1984.
The list of 300 names was seen by the Metropolitan Police in the late 1970s, with the force having possession of it for 20 years, the BBC claims it was told. It includes the names of 316 individuals and their addresses, which have not been publicly divulged. Scotland Yard said it was unable to provide specific information about previous probes into the group, but that it continued to investigate allegations where there was evidence and suspects were still alive.
The Mirror has also contacted the Metropolitan Police force for comment. PIE members were pejoratively UK-based men, although the group was also known to have had female members. Some names on the list however are reported to have been for people in other parts of western Europe, the US and Australia. Investigations by the BBC allege that a small number of the men named in the file are still around and may have access to children through their paid employment or other community activities, such as volunteering. There is no evidence that any of those have abused children, it reports.
