Child sex tourism: Toronto lawyer kept travelling despite child porn convictions - Canada

Chris Engel 4/1/132:08 PM

"Matthew Sheard’s distinguished family lineage flows from an early Toronto mayor to one of the city’s first medical officers of health to contemporaries who include a respected physician brother and a cousin who sat on the bench of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice....

"While his story has never been reported, police say Sheard’s string of convictions for creating child pornography featuring young boys overseas provides a case study in how sexual predators can exploit the justice system and leave behind a trail of victims...."

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/01/battling_child_sex_tourism_case_of_83yearold_retired_lawyer_highlights_legal_loopholes.html

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