"I got to know what the internal triggers and external triggers and what the risky situations and the warning signs are for pedophilia. And, like I said before, when I don't view a child as a sex object, I don't want to become aroused, but I know it's always going to be there."
"I think when I was a child, I had normalized child molestation due to my father abusing me from seven to 11. It wasn't until I had dealt with my own childhood abuse of the pain, the harm, the guilt and the shame that I felt as a child, that today I can sit there and say that I honestly understand the psychological and the emotional damage that I was doing."
"A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 cleared the way for Vogelsang's release, because it allows inmates 50 and older and who have served 20 or more years to receive parole consideration."
Gregory Lee Vogelsang, convicted of kidnapping and molesting children ages 5-11 in the 1990s, received a 355-year sentence but was granted parole by a three-person board in November. During his hearing, Vogelsang acknowledged his attraction to children persists despite treatment and attributed his behavior to childhood abuse by his father. A 2020 law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom allows inmates 50 and older who have served 20+ years to receive parole consideration, enabling Vogelsang's release. Advocates argue most sex offenders don't reoffend on parole, though critics question the law's application to serious child predators.
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