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Canada Launches Child Sex Offender Database Amid Privacy Concerns

1/17/2026

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a publicly accessible Child Sex Offender Database to inform the public about high-risk offenders.
The database lists nine offenders, including Michael L’Enfant, a listed offender with multiple sexual assault convictions who received an additional four years.
Critics warn that offender privacy undermines victims and public safety, citing Darrell Erwin Ackman, a sex trafficker, and James Sheldon Jasper, convicted of sexually assaulting a child.

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a publicly accessible Child Sex Offender Database to inform the public about high-risk offenders.
The database lists nine offenders, including Michael L’Enfant, a listed offender with multiple sexual assault convictions who received an additional four years.
Critics warn that offender privacy undermines victims and public safety, citing Darrell Erwin Ackman, a sex trafficker, and James Sheldon Jasper, convicted of sexually assaulting a child.