October, 2017
More than 200,000 children married in US over the last 15 years
October 25, 2017 · By Chris Baynes for www.independent.co.uk
More than 200,000 children were married in the US over the past 15 years, new figures have revealed. Three 10-year-old girls and an 11-year-old boy were among the youngest to wed, under legal loopholes which allow minors to marry in certain circumstances. The minimum age for marriage across most of the US is 18, but […]
Read More...Brazil police arrests 108 in major anti-paedophilia operation
October 25, 2017 · By Latin America & Caribbean for www.bbc.com
Police in Brazil say they have arrested 108 people in the biggest operation ever against paedophiles in Latin America. Suspects were arrested in 24 states and the capital, Brasilia. Justice Minister Torquato Jardim said those detained were part of a ring that shared pornographic images of children through computers and mobile phones. The operation comes […]
Read More...After months of talks, PH rejects all grants from EU
October 24, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano says the Philippine government will formally relay this decision to EU Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen MANILA, Philippines – After months of talks with the European Union (EU), the Philippines announced it is rejecting all kinds of grants from the EU because of conditions that Europeans can supposedly use […]
Read More...British ‘Josef Fritzl’ jailed: 27 years for paedophile who hid victim behind fridge in kitchen
October 23, 2017 · By Will Worley for www.independent.co.uk
A “devious” paedophile dubbed the “British Josef Fritzl” has been jailed for 27 years. Michael Dunn concealed a girl he was abusing in a hidden space in his kitchen. The 57-year-old from Redcar also abused four victims, one aged just 10 or 11, over several decades. He was convicted of 10 rapes, three charges of […]
Read More...Construction workers discover secret basement in rapist Josef Fritzl’s guesthouse
October 23, 2017 · By Molly Fleming for www.independent.co.uk
Builders find an anteroom with a staircase Builders have discovered a secret basement in Josef Fritzl’s guesthouse almost a decade after he was jailed for keeping his daughter captive. The notorious Austrian rapist imprisoned Elisabeth in a cellar, sexually assaulting her thousands of times over a 24 year period and fathering seven children with her. […]
Read More...German police uncover Darknet child pornography website with 90,000 users
October 23, 2017 · By Staff and agencies for www.independent.co.uk
Several arrests made including 39-year-old male from Limburg-Weiburg near Frankfurt suspected of running ‘Elysium’ platform German police have uncovered an underground website for child pornography with nearly 90,000 users and arrested the suspected operator of the platform, prosecutors said on Thursday. The “Elysium” platform, built as a forum, has existed since the end of 2016 […]
Read More...Pope’s pro-life challenge: Respect all life, oppose death penalty
October 23, 2017 · By www.catholiccourier.com
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ recent statement that the death penalty is incompatible with the Gospel focused less on a government’s role in protecting its people and more on the need to defend the sacredness and dignity of every human life. At least from the time of Blessed Paul VI in the 1960s, the […]
Read More...Philippine House fails to renew license of bishops’ radio network
October 23, 2017 · By Catholic News Service for www.ncronline.org
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Philippine House of Representatives has not renewed the license of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines to operate dozens of radio stations across the country. The bishops lodged an application to renew the license in January, because their previous one was due to expire Aug. 7, reported ucanews.com. The application, […]
Read More...UN tells China to release human rights activists and pay them compensation
October 20, 2017 · By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong for www.theguardian.com
Exclusive Document given to the Guardian rejects Chinese government claims that activists voluntarily confessed to their crimes at trials The United Nations has demanded that China should immediately release prominent human rights activists from detention and pay them compensation, according to an unreleased document obtained by the Guardian. The report, which has not been made […]
Read More...The Grooming of Innocent Children
October 20, 2017 ·
The Grooming of Innocent Children Fr. Shay Cullen 18 October 2017 They were at first the reluctant four. Only 14 and 16 years old the four girls, Ruby, Jenny, Angel and Ruth, were rescued from traffickers by the municipal social worker and local police and brought to the Preda Home for Girls for recovery and […]
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