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The Ottawa man had recently retired when it happened: a charge of possessing child pornography that demolished his comfortable life virtually overnight.

The 63-year-old’s wife left him after the arrest three years ago, his three adult children disowned him and his siblings became “secondary victims” to the shame of one of society’s most reviled crimes. That was all before he was sentenced to a 90-day jail term.

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But then the former civil servant sought help from the Royal Ottawa hospital’s Sexual Behaviours Clinic, whose unconventional approach to pedophilia has made it an international stand out.

The results seem striking. Following a year or so of therapy that included a steady diet of adult pornography, he says his sexual interests have settled exclusively on age-appropriate women, and young people no longer arouse him.

“It frees me, it frees me completely,” said the patient about his transformation, asking that his name not be published. “I have nothing to keep inside any more, I have nothing to hide. It’s like a weight that’s been lifted.”