Operation Malaise
Operation Malaise is a Canadian police investigation of an alleged pedophile ring, which included officers from the SQ and RCMP and about 150 police were deployed to make the arrests in Montreal, Quebec City, Lévis, Trois-Rivières, St-Eustache and Mont St-Hilaire of the original 13 suspects. One additional person was latter arrested and one or more individuals are still being sought. In addition to the arrests, the SQ said police were conducting searches in the homes of suspects, and computer equipment was being seized for analysis by the force’s IT forensics department.[1] [2] [3] [4] The word Malaise (/məˈleɪz/ muh-LAZE) is defined as a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or pain, of being "out of sorts", often the first indication of an infection or other disease. [5]
On January 28, 2016, Police in Quebec arrested 13 people throughout Quebec and in Toronto and are searching for other suspects, who they described as a Pedophile ring, on trumped-up charges steming from "allegedly exchanging advice on ways to sexually abuse children without raising suspicion", simply for their association in real life and in internet support forums as well as involvement in the origination, Les Amis de Toutes les Minorités Sexuelles (LATMS), as a pretext to search their homes. Additional charges were brought after the suspects homes were raided and tossed and their electronic devises seized and searched. The men arrested appear to have been members of an, as yet, unnamed French Canadian support forum for Boylovers and it is not known how many may have been connected to LATMS. [6] The charges range from possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, production of child pornography, viewing child pornography to having an unregistered firearm.[7] As a result, Les Amis de Toutes les Minorités Sexuelles , a non-profit organization, whose website offered services to pedophiles and other sexual minorities, a Quebec superior court judge has ruled should not legally be allowed to operate in the province. This may have been the true motivation behind Operation Malaise.
Judge Collier reportedly stated in his judgment to revoke LATMS letters patent,
“It is clear that the main mission of the defendant is to defend the interests of pedophiles and other sexual deviants,” he said, “As well as promoting the idea that their sexual orientation is normal and worthy of respect.”[8]
The preamble of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states,
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
Defendants
- Jonathan St-Pierre, 28, of Trois-Rivières.
- André Faivre, 67, of Montreal.
- Jean Marc St-Hilaire, 66, of Saint-Eustache.
- Claude Paquette, 31, of Montreal.
- Patrick Charbonneau, 36, of Montreal.
- David Boucher, 31, of Montreal.
- Simon Brochu, 34, of Montreal.
- Francis Perron, 46, of Quebec City.
- Kenneth Jodoin, 40, of Montreal.
- Dave Turcotte, 40, of Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset.
- Richard Lévesque
- Roger Lepage, 74, of Lévis.
- Didier Chételat, 27, of Montreal
- Vincent Rodrigue 39, who has no known address. (detained on unrelated charges).
Les Amis de Toutes les Minorités Sexuelles (LATMS)
References
- ↑ Thirteen arrested as Quebec child-exploitation ring broken up
- ↑ Police bust Quebec pedophile ring
- ↑ Club de pédophiles: cinq accusés libérés aujourd'hui
- ↑ Another arrest made in alleged Quebec pedophile ring
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaise
- ↑ Accused in child sex exploitation case appear in court
- ↑ Des animateurs scouts parmi les présumés pédophiles
- ↑ Quebec pro-pedophile group loses status
