My father is a pedophile

[Monica]

Consider the possibility of a child wanting to be in service and knowingly enter such an act. This would from the childs perspective be STO. Depending on the receptor of such an attitude the whole thing can be within STO framework.

Ah, I see. Never saw it through this perspective before. The pedophile desires an experience, and the child accepts. But there are many variables in that case to guarantee free will, too. The child may not be mature enough to be aware of the consequences of the action s/he agrees to. The pedophile may be deceiving the child instead of being forward and honest about his intentions.

Anyway, I am under the impression that the guy in subject here has the thought that he doesn't care about the consequences of his action to his victims. He needs to be made aware of those consequences first. And then he will need support for expressing his desires, acceptance for them, and the willingness of others to help him find a healthy outlet/unblock for said desires that all parties involved deem appropriate, as a member of society and not as a cancer in need to be cut out and isolated. Which, sadly, seems to be the majority view regarding the issue both in our systems and here on this thread (mine included just minutes ago).

Acceptance is an advanced concept, necessary for forgiveness and cessation of karma. But for a younger soul, who is in the process of making their choice as to polarity, the first step is to recognize the inappropriateness of their actions, before they can get to the point of accepting and forgiving them.

It is premature to encourage a pedophile to accept his actions. He must first realize that those actions are inappropriate (ie. wrong) for someone choosing the STO path.

The reason pedophiles must be separated from society is that most of them are repeat offenders. Until society finds a way to rehabilitate them, our first responsibility is to protect the children from being further victimized.

Surely, pedophiles and other criminals should have access to some sort of spiritual counseling and rehabilitation while in prison, rather than just being left to rot.

I think prisons should be completely overhauled, to be places of healing and rehabilitation, with opportunities for spiritual counseling of their choice. BUT, anyone who has been violent towards others shouldn't be released back into society where they can harm others again.