{"id":5982,"date":"2011-08-20T17:31:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T21:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5982"},"modified":"2011-08-20T06:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T10:13:09","slug":"corey-feldman-warns-vulture-homosexual-predators-target-child-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/corey-feldman-warns-vulture-homosexual-predators-target-child-actors","title":{"rendered":"Corey Feldman warns: “vulture” homosexual predators target child actors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Corey Feldman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former child actor Corey Feldman\u00a0 describes widespread pedophilia as the longtime \u201cbig secret\u201d in Hollywood, where he said older male Hollywood magnates surrounded child actors \u201clike vultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you that the number one problem in Hollywood was, and is, and always will be pedophilia,\u201d actor Corey Feldman told ABC News\u2019 \u201cNightline.”<\/p>\n

Feldman, who began his television career at the age of three, and is known for his roles in movies such as Gremlins<\/em> and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>, said the \u201ccasting couch\u201d — a term to describe trading sex for roles — applied even to some of the youngest Hollywood stars.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, the situation gets no press coverage whereas the same problem among a very small number of\u00a0Catholic priests gets constant banner headlines, notes Kathleen Gilbert writing for LifeSiteNews:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not done the same way — it\u2019s all done under the radar,\u201d said Feldman. \u201cIt\u2019s the big secret.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feldman, who says he was one of many sexual abuse victims in Hollywood, described how he slowly came to grasp the reality of Hollywood culture.<\/p>\n

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Feldman, center, in the classic film "The Goonies"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I was surrounded by them when I was 14 years old. Surrounded. Literally. Didn\u2019t even know it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I was old enough to realize what they were and what they wanted, and what they were about. … Oh my God, they were everywhere, like vultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a circle of older men that surrounded themselves around this group of kids,\u201d he continued, \u201cand they all had either their own power or connections to great power in the entertainment industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The claim that a culture of secrecy protects massive-scale pedophilia in the world\u2019s entertainment headquarters was republished in a handful of online gossip publications, and reached CNN, Huffington Post, and MSNBC only through their respective entertainment blogs: a conspicuous lack of coverage that was questioned by Catholic League Director Bill Donohue.<\/p>\n

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Feldman, at left, in "The Lost Boys"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe same mainstream media which hyperventilates over reports of a priest accused of a \u2018boundary issue,\u2019 such as kissing a girl on her head, seem to accept with aplomb Corey Feldman\u2019s recent remarks about the prevalence of pedophilia in Hollywood,\u201d Donohue told LifeSiteNews.com.<\/p>\n

According to a report by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice commissioned by U.S. bishops, four percent of all Catholic priests between 1950 and 2010 were accused of sexual abuse, of whom three percent were found guilty.<\/p>\n

\u201cCatholics, in particular, would love to know why the ho-hum reaction to Feldman\u2019s admission: Is it because reporters have long known of widespread child molestation in Hollywood and have an unwritten rule not to press the issue? If so, the reaction to miscreant priests appears contrived.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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