KIDDIE PORN VICTIMS AND VILLAINS - D Paul Graunke - October 1977

D Paul Graunke

A nation has been scandalized by the use of children-some as young as three years old- in pornographic films and magazines. But "kiddie porn" is only the tip of a much larger iceberg involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of thousands of young people. Hollywood, California- A Local Restaurant (Night): Frank takes out his wallet and opens it for the reporter to see. It is bulging with ten- and twenty –dollar bills. "How much do you have?" the reporter asks. "Almost $200," Frank replies. "Not bad for one day's work." The day's work that Frank has just completed involved the selling of his body for sex with five male customers and posing in the nude for pictures for a sixth. Frank is a male prostitute. He has just returned from a trick- a customer- and has decided to call it a day. "How many tricks have you turned in your career?" "I don't know," he replies, shrugging his shoulders. "Maybe two hundred." "How long have you been turning tricks?" "Over two years." Frank is only 15. "You must have a lot of money by now." "No way!" He laughs at the thought. "I got a habit." He rolls up a sleeve and shows the needle marks dotting his arm. Heroin. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library