Claim: Police Scotland has renamed paedophiles as 'minor attracted people'.
Fact-check: Police Scotland says it hasn't renamed paedophiles as 'minor attracted people' - Full Fact
Verdict: despite using the phrase in a report, police scotland says it does not use the term to describe this type of offender and that when the phrase was used in a report the force was quoting from documents to establish a consortium on combatting child sexual abuse.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2023-01-31T00:00:00