Police are investigating whether the author of a guide for pedophiles did anything illegal even as they try to protect him from a threat posted on a local Web site.
Phillip Ray Greaves of Pueblo, Colorado, has drawn national attention because his self-published book for sale on Amazon offers advice to pedophiles on how to make a sexual encounter with a child as safe as possible.
Pueblo police heard news reports about the book and went to Greaves’ home on Thursday morning to interview him. Pueblo Detective Dustin Taylor described Greaves as cooperative and said he gave detectives a copy of the book when they asked for one.
“He was just a normal man. He didn’t seem unnerved by us being there,” Taylor said.
Police told Greaves that he’d been threatened on a local Web site and that they would monitor his home for his safety. Taylor said the author didn’t seem fearful. Police would not elaborate on the threat and the message was removed from the Web site, Taylor said.
Greaves, 47, has no criminal record and is not a registered sex offender, Taylor said. Taylor said authorities kept the book, but do not expect to file any criminal charges at this point.
“At this point we’re still reviewing it, though there’s still no indication of any crime being committed,” Taylor said.
The book, The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct, includes first-person descriptions of such encounters, purportedly written from a child’s point of view.
Greaves argues that pedophiles are misunderstood, as the word literally means to love a child. He adds that it is only a crime to act on sexual impulses toward children and offers advice that purportedly allows pedophiles to abide by the law.
Greaves also self-published other books on Amazon and was a frequent writer to the Pueblo Chieftain editorial page. His letters to the editor were mostly about local matters and the role of government.
Last month, Greaves wrote a letter calling for criminal fines to go to “randomly selected charities” instead of the government.
Amazon has declined comment to the Associated Press. Greaves also declined an interview, but told The Smoking Gun Web site on Wednesday that he suffers from depression and that he had sexual contact with children while still a child himself.
The Web site said that when asked if he had engaged in sexual acts with children as an adult, Greaves first said “could have,” before saying that he had not.
He also said he suffered a mental collapse about three years ago while working as a nursing home aide.
Greaves said he had only sold one book and insisted it does not advocate for adults to harm children.
“The best advice I can give a pedophile is, accept that masturbation is your best friend,” Greaves told The Smoking Gun.
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