of Patz, based on confessions to police. He is said to have a low IQ and mental health issues. NAMBLA denied any connections to crimes, but their public image was already permanently damaged. The gay community has illegitimately been associated with NAMBLA and has since campaigned to make clear that they do not have any ties to the organization. References Sources Benoit Denizet-Lewis, American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life, Simon and Schuster, 2010. E. Gabriel Perle, Mark A. Fischer, John Taylor Williams, Perle & Williams on Publishing Law, Aspen Publishers Online, 1999. Philip Jenkins, Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America, Yale University Press, 2004. Wendy Kaminer, Free for All: Defending Liberty in America Today, Beacon Press, 2002. Robert M. O'Neil, The First Amendment and Civil Liability, Indiana University Press, 2001. Louis B. Schlesinger, Serial Offenders: Current Thought, Recent Findings, CRC Press, 2000. Further reading Brian MacQuarrie, "Curley's Sorrow", Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, May 10, 2009] Brian MacQuarrie, The Ride: The Jeffrey Curley Murder and Its Aftermath, Da Capo Press, 2009. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts cases Lawsuits American Civil Liberties Union litigation Pedophilia in the United States