Pedophilia is just a sexual orientation according to Canadian professor

Pedophilia is just a sexual orientation

The conservative government in Canada was trying to introduce Bill C-54, also known as the Protecting Children from Sexual Predators Act and the left wing opposition parties as well as some academics were trying to block it because it had mandatory minimum sentences. Yes you read that right, the left don’t want to give sexual predators mandatory minimum sentences.

They were having a hearing about it and invited Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem among others. The publication of the hearing is as follows: Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. In those hearings, Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem had the following exchanges:

  “If we know that pedophiles are not simply people who commit a small offence from time to time but rather are grappling with what is equivalent to a sexual orientation just like another individual may be grappling with heterosexuality or even homosexuality, and if we agree on the fact that true pedophiles have an exclusive preference for children, which is the same as having a sexual orientation, everyone knows that there is no such thing as real therapy. You cannot change this person's sexual orientation. He may however remain abstinent.” – Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem

You can find more information about him at his website http://hubertvangijseghem.com

Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem also compares pedophilia to heterosexuality

“Mr. Marc Lemay (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ):
    I will try to focus on this subject. I have to admit that I was not expecting, on this Valentine's Day, to be talking about this inappropriate type of love. It is not really love. It has more to do with violence and control.

    I am concerned, Professor Van Gijseghem—and I know you well as I have heard you testify on a number of other subjects—because you say, if I am not mistaken, that pedophilia is a sexual orientation.

Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem:
    That is what I said.

Mr. Marc Lemay:
    Should it therefore be compared to homosexuality?

Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem:
    Yes, or heterosexuality. If, for instance, you were living in a society where heterosexuality is proscribed or prohibited and you were told that you had to get therapy to change your sexual orientation, you would probably say that that is slightly crazy. In other words, you would not accept that at all.

    I use this analogy to say that, yes indeed, pedophiles do not change their sexual orientation.” – Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem repeating his belief that pedophilia is just sexual orientation.

So there you have it, the good Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem not only thinks pedophilia is just a sexual orientation he also compares it to heterosexuality.

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