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There was a note on stallman.org in which he said he was made aware of the mental implications that pedophilia, even with supposed consent, would have on the development of the person, and apologized for his previous stance.

Can't find it now, though.

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It's quoted literally in the arstechnica article.

> "Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it," Stallman wrote. "Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand how sex with a child can harm per [sic] psychologically. This changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why."

Having a look at the Richard Stallman entry in Wikipedia[0] it menions this quote you're referring to, which links to this Engadget article[1] that links to rms's blog with that specific entry[2]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

[1] - https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-17-rms-fsf-mit-epstein.html

[2] - https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September...

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