December, 2017
Midnight replacements roil human rights claims board
December 18, 2017 · By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
After adjudicating 93 percent of some 75,000 cases filed by human rights violations victims and five months before its mandate ends in May 2018, the Human Rights Victims Claims Board (HRVCB) was surprised to learn this week that President Duterte had replaced two of its members. The midnight replacements have claimants worrying other board members […]
Read More...Royal Commission finds widespread abuse of HMAS Leeuwin recruits in Fremantle
December 18, 2017 · By David Weber and Kathy Lord for www.abc.net.au
Abuse of recruits at the former HMAS Leeuwin base was widespread and the Navy failed in its duty of care, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found. The commission’s findings — contained in its report into the Australian Defence Force (ADF) — come after it heard evidence of forced sexual […]
Read More...Australia child sexual abuse inquiry reports ‘catastrophic failures of leadership’
December 18, 2017 · By Deutsche Welle for www.usatoday.com
Australia’s Royal Commission into Institution Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been investigating since 2012 how the Catholic Church and other institutions responded to sexual abuse of children over a period of 90 years. Their 17 volume report and 189 recommendations were published on Friday in Canberra. The investigation found “multiple and persistent failings of […]
Read More...Church group blames gov’t for attacks on priests
December 18, 2017 · By Julie M. Aurelio for newsinfo.inquirer.net
The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines blamed the government for recent incidents of violence against church people who work for and with the poor. “[The National Secretariat for Social Action (Nassa)] demands the government to stop its security forces from acts of violence on Church people, who commit themselves […]
Read More...JOB OPENING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND HOUSEPARENTS
December 15, 2017 · By PREDA Foundation, Inc.
JOB OPENING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND HOUSEPARENTS The Preda Foundation is set to open in 2018 a new residential center for male children in conflict with the law (CICL) and children-at-risk (CAR) in Metro Cebu. In this regard, it is looking for qualified professionals to fill up the following positions: 1. Social workers The Social […]
Read More...Global pedophile ‘dark net’ bulletin board busted from Australia
December 15, 2017 · By www.rt.com
A 10-month operation by an Australian police anti-pedophile taskforce put an end to a global ‘dark net’ of child abusers that had 45,000 members. An Australian administering a pedophile ‘bulletin board’ was sentenced to 35 years in jail for child abuse. Queensland’s Taskforce Argos targeting child abuse disclosed a clandestine pedophile ring, saving potentially hundreds […]
Read More...Convicted pedophile stopped at Sydney Airport under new child sex tourism laws
December 15, 2017 · By www.rt.com
A convicted child molester has been detained at Sydney Airport while attempting to leave the country. The man was stopped under new laws aimed at preventing pedophiles convicted in Australia from traveling overseas, namely to Southeast Asia, for sex tourism. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters at Sydney Airport that the man was being […]
Read More...Christmas is a Time of Hope
December 15, 2017 ·
Christmas is a Time of Hope Fr. Shay Cullen 15 December 2017 Christmas is a time of year when we can hope for a real messiah, a moral leader to rise up and inspire us to live good, moral lives of integrity and mutually helping of each other and the poor- the great values brought […]
Read More...Unmasking a monster: How SA Police caught Shannon McCoole
December 15, 2017 · By Nigel Hunt, The Advertiser for www.adelaidenow.com.au
IT was the tiniest of freckles. But it was a hugely significant piece of evidence. At first glance almost undiscernible, the blemish would prove to be crucial in bringing the man in charge of the world’s largest child pornography website to justice. The freckle was on a finger on Families SA carer Shannon McCoole’s right […]
Read More...Militiamen jailed in DR Congo’s Kavumu for raping 40 children
December 14, 2017 · By www.bbc.com
A group of 11 militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been jailed for life for raping about 40 children, including at least one baby. The girls they raped between 2013 and 2016 were aged between eight months and 12 years old. The men’s alleged leader was a local MP called Frederic Batumike. He […]
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