February 2016 Convicted child abuser is hosting major contest for kids in the UK A sex offending dance teacher is hosting a major contest for kids in the UK Convicted pervert Sean Gavan, who runs the World Irish Dance Association, plans to welcome over 1,000 youngsters, including under-12s, to the event next month. Gavan, originally from Glasgow, Scotland, was previously booted out of the USA for molesting a schoolboy. During that trial and in a bid to escape justice, Sean Gavan claimed it was not unusual in Scotland for adults to share beds with children not related to them In a letter on WIDA’s Facebook page, Gavan, 54, asks for advertising and sponsorship for the contest in Brighton on Thursday, 31 March 2016, The Scotsman built up WIDA after moving to Holland following his conviction for molesting the boy during a sleepover at his home in California in 2000. After being questioned about his activities, Gavan said: “People are free to make up their own mind about what they think. “Everyone in the organisation knows — there is no secret. “Everyone who comes is told, so it’s up to them whether they decide to continue or not.” Gavan was trapped after police got his victim to phone him. Police taped the conversation and then arrested the dance teacher at his townhouse in California. Taped calls, under the strict control of a detective, are allowed to be used as evidence in US courts. In the tape, the boy repeatedly asks Gavan, who lived with a male airline steward, why he attacked him. Gavan, who is on a mobile, says he is taking the call outside. Boy: “I have a question for you…” Gavan: “OK.” Boy: “Why did you put your hands down my pants and touch my **********?” Gavan: (long pause). Boy: “Sean?” Gavan: “Mmm.” Boy: “Why did you do that?” Gavan: “Where are you just now?” Boy: “At home” Gavan: (pause) “I apologise. It was a mistake.” Boy: “Did you think I was Kevin? (Gavan’s boyfriend)” Gavan: “That’s part of it.” Boy: “What part?” Gavan: (pause) “I was half asleep.”