Ok, so here goes...
I'd like to join the Legion to start a new life as I am bankrupt etc. etc.
Having said that about 5 years ago I found some child porn whilst surfing the net looking for adult porn - I reported it to the police but was subsequently CAUTIONED which is the most minor charge they can give you, but with all charges involving child porn you are automatically placed on the sex offenders register and in my case this was for 2 years. A caution in England is called a misdemeanour in America, but I'm not sure what it's called in France.
What I want to know is whether or not this will automatically bar me form service in the Legion. I can probably get more information from my local police about the exact nature of what happened i.e. that it was me who reported the crime to them and the number of files that I discovered - really the thing that got me in trouble was trying to investigate further which made it look worse.
Take it from me I have no sexual feelings towards kids or things like that, the reason I want to join the Legion is to get a new passport and credit rating in France and start a new life far from the past which has been tainted and soured by this event and a few others such as being convicted of carrying a knife whilst I was serving in the Royal Navy some years back.
I hope you can help,
Jonny777.
I'd like to join the Legion to start a new life as I am bankrupt etc. etc.
Having said that about 5 years ago I found some child porn whilst surfing the net looking for adult porn - I reported it to the police but was subsequently CAUTIONED which is the most minor charge they can give you, but with all charges involving child porn you are automatically placed on the sex offenders register and in my case this was for 2 years. A caution in England is called a misdemeanour in America, but I'm not sure what it's called in France.
What I want to know is whether or not this will automatically bar me form service in the Legion. I can probably get more information from my local police about the exact nature of what happened i.e. that it was me who reported the crime to them and the number of files that I discovered - really the thing that got me in trouble was trying to investigate further which made it look worse.
Take it from me I have no sexual feelings towards kids or things like that, the reason I want to join the Legion is to get a new passport and credit rating in France and start a new life far from the past which has been tainted and soured by this event and a few others such as being convicted of carrying a knife whilst I was serving in the Royal Navy some years back.
I hope you can help,
Jonny777.