Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Jack Talk Blog, OUTSPORTS.COM - Jeff Kennett, the ex-premier of Victoria state in Australia, backed the firing of a trainer for the Bonnie Doon [Australian Rules] Football Club after it learned he was gay. He equated the trainer’s sexuality with being a pedophile. The Herald Sun newspaper reported Kennett’s defense of Bonnie Doon firing Ken Campagnolo (photo):

“The club felt that once this had been pointed out and you had this gentleman there who was obviously close to young men — massaging young men — it ran an unnecessary risk and that’s why it decided it was best that he not perform those duties again. So the club was trying to do the right thing,” Mr Kennett said.

“It’s the same if you have a pedophile there as a masseur, right? And you might say the pedophile would do no damage, but once it was pointed out to you, you have a duty of care to those underage children not to put them in a situation of risk.” (more…)