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Chairman Of Charity Against Sexual Abuse Arrested For Attempting To Rape Two Children

Chairman Of Charity Against Sexual Abuse Arrested For Attempting To Rape Two Children


Joel Davis, 22, chairman of the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict, a charity that campaigns against sexual violence, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to meet with children as young as two for sex.

Davis has been accused of attempting to set up sexual encounters between himself and children, including soliciting an undercover FBI agent to send him sexually explicit videos of minors. He was arrested on Tuesday following charges of child sex abuse and child pornography.

According to prosecutors, despite holding a position of chairman of an organization that is devoted to ending sexual violence, Davis exchanged text messages with undercover agents for several weeks earlier this month. According to the text messages uncovered, Davis allegedly told the agents that he was sexually interested by children of all ages, and sent sexually explicit images of infants and toddlers. Some of the images even included children engaging in sexual acts with adults.

Davis reportedly tried to arrange meetings with the two-year-old daughter of one of the undercover agents’ girlfriends, along with attempting to meet one of the agents’ nine-year-old daughter. Davis allegedly went into detail in his text messages, describing what sexual activities he wanted to do with the children. Following Davis’ arrest, he allegedly admitted to officers that he once abused a 13-year-old boy, and even kept child pornography on his phone.

FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said

Having started an organization that pushed for the end of sexual violence, Davis displayed the highest degree of hypocrisy by his alleged attempts to sexually exploit multiple minors. As if this wasn’t repulsive enough, Davis allegedly possessed and distributed utterly explicit images of innocent infants and toddlers being sexually abused by adults.

US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said

“Davis started an organization devoted to stopping sexual violence, while allegedly engaged in the duplicitous behavior of sharing explicit images of infants engaged in sexual activity.”

“Davis also allegedly solicited an undercover officer – whom he thought to be a willing participant – to send sexually explicit videos of his nine-year-old daughter, and even to set up a sexual encounter between himself and a two-year-old.”

“The conduct alleged against Joel Davis is as unfathomable as it is sickening, and as this case demonstrates, law enforcement will keep its watchful eye on the darkest corners of the internet to bring predators to justice.”