Tom O'Carroll , a leading member of the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange ( above ) , has joined the supporters of the media pressure group Hacked Off . A leading member of the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange , which campaigned to legalise child sex in the 1970s and 80s , has joined the supporters of the media pressure group Hacked Off . Tom O ’ Carroll , a former Open University information officer and formerly a key activist for PIE , attended a Hacked Off rally in the Houses of Parliament on February 25 to lobby MPs for state involvement in media regulation . The organisation , set up in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal , is campaigning against what it sees as the ‘ biased and unfair ’ Independent Press Standards Organisation . It wants MPs to set up a statutory body to regulate the press , as recommended by the Leveson Inquiry . The news that O ’ Carroll is a backer of Hacked Off will be an embarrassment to the group . PIE was formed in 1974 to campaign for sex with children to be legalised and formed an alliance with the National Council for Civil Liberties ( NCCL ) . The NCCL lobbied parliament for the age of sexual consent to be cut to ten as long as the child 'understood the nature of the act ' and apparently consented . The group also wanted incest to be legalised . O'Carroll was on the NCCL 's gay rights sub-committee . The 69-year-old was jailed in 1981 for ‘ corrupting public morals ’ . He wrote a blog after the February meeting , chaired by comedian John Cleese , confirming his attendance . A Hacked Off spokesman said that the meeting was ‘ open to and free for all members of the public to attend ’ . O'Carroll attended a Hacked Off rally in the Houses of Parliament on February 25 to lobby MPs for state involvement in media regulation , which John Cleese ( left ; right in Fawlty Towers ) chaired .
Tom O ’ Carroll went to rally in Houses of Hacked Off on February 25 . 69-year-old former key activist jailed in 1981 for 'corrupting public morals ' PIE was formed in 1974 to campaign for sex with children to be legalised . His attendance at the meeting is likely to be an embarrassment for group .