Detectives in London and Surrey are investigating the
  theory that Antimatter, a group that sends letters to
  communities outing paedophiles - could be the work of
  abusers trying to halt the "name and shame" movement.
  The body has so far failed to target a single genuine sex
  offender. 
                                 
  Police are thought to be focusing on suspicions that
  Antimatter is linked to extreme right-wingers offering to
  "unmask" child abusers over the internet. But the fact
  that none of those targeted by the group have had
  convictions for paedophilia has led officers to consider
  an alternative scenario. 

  A detective working on one of the London Antimatter
  cases said: "We may have to take seriously the idea that
  paedophiles who want to discredit the idea of naming
  and shaming could be behind this." He added: "It is an
  increasingly Orwellian situation - people spot
  paedophiles everywhere. It now means no one's motives
  are taken at face value." 

  By Cahal Milmo 
  26 August 2000
  From "The Independent" an English broadsheet  
                                 
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     

   "Perceptions" note: the public are learning _not_ to 
   take "professional" motives at face value

   We recently heard a policeman claiming that the British
   police were "unaware of pedophiles until recent years".
   But we know that senior British police and judges
   _and_ politicians were protecting highly-placed 
   pedophiles more than a hundred years ago - in Victorian
   London.

   See http://www.perceptions.couk.com/promise.html

   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   
   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   

              FURTHER REFERENCES

  GO - "search perceptions" - in SEARCH-ENGINE


file-ID www.perceptions.couk.com/pedofakes.txt