Head of Anti-Child Abuse Charity Caught Raping Children as Young As Two

Chairman of charity for 'ending sexual violence' caught trying to rape toddlers by FBI

© press Charity boss Joel Davis was arrested in New York on Tuesday on child sex abuse charges

The head of a charity set up to "end sexual violence" has been caught attempting to rape a two-year-old child during an FBI sting operation.

22-year-old Joel Davis is chairman of the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict charity.

Davis was arrested in New York for possession of child pornography and allegedly trying to meet with children as young as two for sex.

The head of the organization "devoted to ending sexual violence" was caught arranging sexual encounters between himself and young children, as well as soliciting an undercover FBI agent to send sexually explicit videos of minors.

Davis has been taken into custody by federal agents on child sex abuse and child pornography charges.

According to investigators, Davis has a history of raping minors and was carrying graphic images and videos of himself sexually abusing children on his smartphone at the time of his arrest.

© press Davis is the chairman of a charity 'devoted to ending sexual violence'

Daily Mail reports: Prosecutors say despite his involvement in the organization, Davis exchanged text messages with undercover agents over the course of several weeks earlier this month.

Davis allegedly told the agents that he was sexually interested in children of all ages.

He is accused of sending the agents sexually explicit photographs of infants and toddlers, including some of the children engaged in sex acts with adults.

The 22-year-old allegedly arranged to meet the nine-year-old daughter of one of the undercover agents and with the purported two-year-old daughter of the officer's girlfriend.

He allegedly went into detail in the text messages about what sexual activities he intended to engage in with the children.

Prosecutors say Davis repeatedly asked the undercover agent to take naked and sexually explicit pictures and videos of the children and to send them to him.

Following his arrest, Davis allegedly admitted to officers that he had abused a 13-year-old boy in the past and that he kept child porn images on his phone.

© press David had evidence of himself raping children on his phone at the time of his arrest

"Having started an organization that pushed for the end of sexual violence, Davis displayed the highest degree of hypocrisy by his alleged attempts to sexually exploit multiple minors," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. said.

"As if this wasn't repulsive enough, Davis allegedly possessed and distributed utterly explicit images of innocent infants and toddlers being sexually abused by adults."

Davis faced Manhattan federal court on Tuesday charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child pornography and receipt and distribution of child pornography.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Davis has attended Oxford University, Columbia University, and The Juilliard School.

US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman described Davis' alleged actions as "unfathomable" and "sickening."

"Davis started an organization devoted to stopping sexual violence, while allegedly engaged in the duplicitous behavior of sharing explicit images of infants engaged in sexual activity," he said.

"Davis also allegedly solicited an undercover officer - whom he thought to be a willing participant – to send sexually explicit videos of his nine-year-old daughter, and even to set up a sexual encounter between himself and a two-year-old.

"The conduct alleged against Joel Davis is as unfathomable as it is sickening, and as this case demonstrates, law enforcement will keep its watchful eye on the darkest corners of the internet to bring predators to justice."

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