Gay Irish presidential candidate withdraws after support for statutory rapist revealed:
The revelation dealt a mortal blow to Norris’ campaign, which was also sustained damage when the candidate’s remarks supporting “classical pedophilia” were republished earlier this summer. (…)
Norris’ decision to withdraw was announced today amidst revelations that he had sent a clemency letter to Israeli authorities on behalf of his former homosexual partner, Ezra Yizhak Nawi. Nawi was convicted in an Israeli court in 1997 of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy.
The Irish Independent reports that Norris continued his relationship with Nawi for four years after his conviction.
