South Australian GEOFFREY MOYLE Admits to Sexually Abusing Children in Cambodia

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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:44 pm
NiceGuyLou wrote: Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:25 pm
nerdlinger wrote: Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:46 pm
NiceGuyLou wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:20 pm I hate to by cynical about something like this, but any awards of thousands of dollars to Cambodian children will likely be claimed by their parents and used to buy new motos or pay gambling debts.
If they were working in a brothel, are the parents even around?
Parents will come out of the woodwork if the kids get money.
It's amazing how so many tut-tutters automatically pull out this victim blaming/"in it for the money" card when it comes to claiming redress. It happens every single time the issue arises.
First thing they think of.

not the victims quest for justice
The victims have gone through so much already, and then someone accuses them of being in it for the money. :evil:
The sexual offences were committed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, between 2002 and 2005, while the child exploitation offences were committed in Westbourne Park, Adelaide, in 2019.
Matter of record, these events occurred years ago, but they should not be forgotten or forgiven. This person was convicted for sex crimes against kids in Cambodia years ago. Then more than 10 years later, he was arrested for crimes against children again in Australia. Of course he should pay compensation to his victims - all his victims, Cambodian or Australian.
This person has admitted his crimes now, but he just went on and on abusing kids until he was caught, so I don't have pity for him and I don't believe that he is rehabilitated just because he is sorry that he got caught.
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I believe for serious pedophiles it is deeply rooted and pathological (although there are some who are simply low life opportunists)
and therefore very difficult to change.
It is the enablers who cover up to protect their organisations that are the ones i want to go after. That's not pathological - that's a clear choice.
Betray the children. Protect our most venerated institutions at all costs.
Gaol them. The powerful ones.
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:28 am I believe for serious pedophiles it is deeply rooted and pathological (although there are some who are simply low life opportunists)
and therefore very difficult to change.
It is the enablers who cover up to protect their organisations that are the ones i want to go after. That's not pathological - that's a clear choice.
Betray the children. Protect our most venerated institutions at all costs.
Gaol them. The powerful ones.
Or get the various NGO's to employ only women.
Good for the kids, nice for the western guys living around.
Win-win.
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^^
Oh for the international smorgasbords every night of the week all over town.
I'm with you, Ghost.
Affirmative action is required. Ship loads of more foreigner females please.
Bring back the good old days.

NObody - say a bad word about NGO women in my presence!
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Ghostwriter wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:49 am
SternAAlbifrons wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:28 am I believe for serious pedophiles it is deeply rooted and pathological (although there are some who are simply low life opportunists)
and therefore very difficult to change.
It is the enablers who cover up to protect their organisations that are the ones i want to go after. That's not pathological - that's a clear choice.
Betray the children. Protect our most venerated institutions at all costs.
Gaol them. The powerful ones.
Or get the various NGO's to employ only women.
Good for the kids, nice for the western guys living around.
Win-win.
I understand the point you're trying to make, but FYI, there are women who sexually abuse children, too.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:43 pm UPDATE

Adelaide paedophile agrees to send Cambodian child victim 'significant amount' of cash in Australian first
By Natarsha Kallios
Posted 10 hours ago
An Adelaide man who admitted to filming himself sexually abusing children in Cambodia before publishing the videos online has agreed to compensate one of his victims "a significant" amount of money, a court has heard.

Key points:
Geoffrey William Moyle has been ordered to pay compensation to one of his victims
The decision is believed to be an Australian-first
Moyle pleaded guilty to 11 child sex offences between 2002 and 2005


Geoffrey William Moyle, 48, previously pleaded guilty to 11 offences, including nine counts relating to the sexual abuse of children in Cambodia between 2002 and 2005.

He raped six children while allegedly working as a foreign aid worker for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), a claim DFAT has refuted.

The court previously heard the children were "forced to be in brothels".

Today, the South Australian District Court heard that Moyle and one of his child victims had reached a "very generous" out-of-court settlement, though an exact dollar figure was not specified.

Moyle's defence lawyer Heath Barklay today asked Judge Paul Cuthbertson to consider a "merciful" prison term since his client showed "good prospects for rehabilitation".
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/ ... /100248944
This sounds a bit contradictory. Out of court settlements are not court orders. If both parties want the terms of such a deal to be the subject of a court order they can apply to do so. However, the court does not have to give any legal reasoning in such an order. So, NO precedent. It sounds like, at best, the court has just rubber stamped this secret arrangement.

The court was considering the issue and has been usurped by these private negotiations. Indeed, Moyle has already paid the victim, further undermining the court's authority. This arrangement is now being paraded as evidence of the Moyle contrition and "good prospects for rehabilitation".

The judge, inexplicably, seems very happy about this:

Speaking in court today, Judge Cuthbertson congratulated both parties on reaching a reparation agreement outside of court.


This issue of compensation should have been a separate issue to the pre sentencing hearings and should have been decided post sentence. It was too important to conflate with the criminal proceedings and potentially influence the judge.

I see the article was silent on the prosecution's view of all this and whether they were even aware what was going on behind the scenes. The victim had independent counsel so it is quite possible they were blindsided too. I can't see they were too pleased, if for no other reason, they were quite likely to make legal history.

This seems to be an opportunity wasted.
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^ I'm with doc that the whole thing sounds a bit strange.

Moyle is accused of raping 6 Cambodian children, but the perp has privately arranged to (generously!) compensate ONE of his victims ? Hoping that will win him some brownie points ? Or does this victim have a particularly aggressive lawyer ? What about the others ?
Anyone have any idea what is going on ?
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:28 am I believe for serious pedophiles it is deeply rooted and pathological (although there are some who are simply low life opportunists)
and therefore very difficult to change.
It is the enablers who cover up to protect their organisations that are the ones i want to go after. That's not pathological - that's a clear choice.
Betray the children. Protect our most venerated institutions at all costs.
Gaol them. The powerful ones.
FFS, “Serious pedophiles”? as opposed to what, occasional pedophiles, hobby pedophiles or keen amateur pedophiles?
Somebody is either a pedophile or they are not, those that are, and any cunt enabling them should be put to death.
Pedophiles and their enablers have crossed a line that there is no going back from, they cannot be rehabilitated, do not deserve to be rehabilitated and the safety of children should not be jeopardized by attempting to do so.
My 2 cents.
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A person could be a pedophile without ever acting on their urges, which would make them a less serious one.
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