I've seen Clarke himself talk about how wonderful Sri Lanka was. I've never heard the pedophile thing myself, but who knows. I know almost nothing of Clarke's personal life. I know he was staying with a Sri Lankan family for a time. Not sure if that's still a case.
Well, I've never been there, but I was a big fan of Clarke and read enough about him until I started stumbling across the whole "scandal." Basically, some tabloid came out with all kinds of claims about his being a rampant pedophile, and this was right around the time he was to be knighted (coincidence? Probably not). Anyway, Clarke delayed the knighthood ceremony until he was cleared by the Sri Lanka officials.
However, there is tons of stuff out there about Sri Lanka being a den for such crap. Protection projectThis site seems pretty reliable, though a general search for Sri Lanka Child Prostitution pops up all kinds of disturbing stuff.
It's kind of hard to figure out from these reports whether this is a seedy underground type of operation, or just out in the open. If it's the latter, I just don't see how someone like Clarke or Peddle could stand living there. At any rate, I'd like to ask them and see what they say.
I've seen Clarke himself talk about how wonderful Sri Lanka was. I've never heard the pedophile thing myself, but who knows. I know almost nothing of Clarke's personal life. I know he was staying with a Sri Lankan family for a time. Not sure if that's still a case.
Well, I've never been there, but I was a big fan of Clarke and read enough about him until I started stumbling across the whole "scandal." Basically, some tabloid came out with all kinds of claims about his being a rampant pedophile, and this was right around the time he was to be knighted (coincidence? Probably not). Anyway, Clarke delayed the knighthood ceremony until he was cleared by the Sri Lanka officials.
However, there is tons of stuff out there about Sri Lanka being a den for such crap. Protection projectThis site seems pretty reliable, though a general search for Sri Lanka Child Prostitution pops up all kinds of disturbing stuff.
It's kind of hard to figure out from these reports whether this is a seedy underground type of operation, or just out in the open. If it's the latter, I just don't see how someone like Clarke or Peddle could stand living there. At any rate, I'd like to ask them and see what they say.
Matt Barton, Managing Editor
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Email: matt@armchairarcade.com