May, 2017
20 cybersex operators nabbed in QC
May 23, 2017 ·
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 6) — Twenty suspected chat operators were arrested in a raid of two cybersex dens in Quezon City Wednesday night. The Quezon City Police District Director (QCPD) Chief Superintendent Guillermo Eleazar said the cybersex dens operate under the guise of a call center business and make money by selling pornographic […]
Read More...The Abuse of Children Online
May 19, 2017 ·
The Abuse of Children Online Fr. Shay Cullen 19 May 2017 The arrest last April 20, 2017 of US National David Timothy Deakin in Pampanga the Philippines shows the extent of the evil lurking in the online child abuse sex trade. Deakin was abusing children allegedly on live internet streaming and he tried to erase […]
Read More...Investigation finds child abuse can be tough to prove in Pennsylvania
May 18, 2017 ·
PITTSBURGH —They said their children have been abused, but they can’t get child welfare authorities to believe them. Experts said this happens all too often and, in some cases, exposes children to harm and death. Two twin girls, 3, seemed carefree as they played, but their mother said they and their 8-year-old brother are scarred […]
Read More...EDITORIAL: We can prevent child abuse in York
May 18, 2017 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.yorkdispatch.com
Faces of children who died of child abuse in York County in 2016 tell a story of a complex set of issues that we must face — as a community. In reporter David Weissman’s stories, “Child abuse reports continue rising in York County” and its follow up, “Faces of child abuse in York County,” we […]
Read More...House bill expands Kansas mandate on reporting alleged child abuse
May 17, 2017 · By Tim Carpenter for cjonline.com
The murder of a 7-year-old boy fed to pigs after his death in Kansas City, Kan., underscored testimony Tuesday on a House bill mandating adults residing with children to report suspected physical, mental or emotional abuse to authorities. Existing law in Kansas requires teachers, social workers, firefighters, police, psychologists, therapists and other professionals — no […]
Read More...Child abuse royal commission: Justice McClellan warns churches to change or risk illegitimacy
May 17, 2017 · By Paul Kennedy for www.abc.net.au
Every major Australian church has been cautioned to better protect children or risk illegitimacy. In a speech to the National Council of Churches, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse chairman Justice Peter McClellan urged religious leaders to act on his recommendations. “What we can be certain of is that any institution […]
Read More...India doctors allow 10-year-old rape victim to abort
May 17, 2017 · By India for www.bbc.com
A panel of doctors has accepted a 10-year-old rape victim’s plea for an abortion in the northern Indian state of Haryana. Dr Ashok Chauhan told the BBC the termination would be carried out “anytime now”. The girl became pregnant about five months ago. She alleges rape by her stepfather, who has been arrested. Indian law […]
Read More...Cybersex den busted
May 16, 2017 · By newsinfo.inquirer.netu
MABALACAT, PAMPANGA—The suspected pedophile could see people banging on his front door. But were they neighbors? Cops? One had letters on her jacket. As David Timothy Deakin googled “What is NBI?” from the laptop on his bed, National Bureau of Investigation agents smashed their way into his cybersex den. Children’s underwear, toddler shoes, cameras, bondage […]
Read More...German bishops lobby to end Philippine killings
May 16, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
German bishops back the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in fighting extrajudicial killings and opposing the death penalty MANILA, Philippines – Heeding a call by their Filipino counterparts, German bishops lobbied with the German government to help end extrajudicial killings as well as other threats to human rights in the Philippines. Archbishop Ludwig […]
Read More...Vatican says Philippine killings ‘deeply troubling’
May 16, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
The Vatican also voices concern over enforced disappearances as well as human trafficking in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines – The Vatican condemned “deeply troubling” extrajudicial killings in the Philippines as the Southeast Asian country underwent a periodic United Nations (UN) review of its human rights record. The Vatican at the UN headquarters in Geneva on […]
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