Topic: Child Abuse
Pope Francis on the Issue of Child Abuse and Zero Tolerance
April 8, 2015 · By Emer McCarthy for Vatican Radio
In a wide-ranging interview with Valentina Alazraki, from the Mexican broadcaster Televisa, Pope Francis has marked the second year of his pontificate by addressing the hot topics that have dominated public discourse since his election to the papacy. On the issue of child abuse and zero tolerance of the phenomenon. The Pope replies that the […]
Read More...Catching A Monster
April 7, 2015 ·
Last month, Australian news show 60 Minutes aired a face-to-face interview with alleged abuser Peter Gerard Scully. The show followed the Filipino police through the moments of arrest to his time in jail. He’s considered Australia’s worst paedophile, and for four years Peter Scully was on the run. He thought by hiding out in a […]
Read More...Australian archbishop charged with concealing child abuse
April 7, 2015 · By AFP (reported on TheSunDaily)
The Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide was Tuesday charged with concealing child sex abuse and has taken leave from his high-level Australian position to fight the allegation. Philip Wilson was charged by New South Wales police in relation to an offence allegedly committed during the 1970s by known-paedophile priest Jim Fletcher, now dead, when both men […]
Read More...Police storm paedophile hellhole where child pornography was being made, rescuing six-year-old boy
April 6, 2015 · By Pat Flanagan for DailyMirror.co.uk
A six-year-old boy has been rescued from a paedophile hellhole where child porn movies were being made. Police raided a home in Co Tipperary, Ireland, to rescue the child who has now been taken into care. The horrific discovery was made when detectives were asked to follow up a warning from the European police agency […]
Read More...A Small Town in Austria
March 20, 2015 ·
When the mayor of this seemingly clean and well-ordered town invited me during my lecture tour to a meeting with his town council in 2014, he said the town had problems and asked if I could help. At first he discussed Fair Trade and how his town could do more to support the sale of […]
Read More...Scientist who tried to fix sex with 8-year-old girl jailed for 3 years
March 20, 2015 · By Hugo Gye for DailyMail.co.uk
A British scientist working in Antarctica tried to arrange to abuse an eight-year-old girl when he returned from the South Pole. Simon Rouen, 36, was based at a polar research station when he spelt out his desire in emails to two undercover detectives in a police sting. He thought his messages were going to another […]
Read More...Philippines struggling to tackle child prostitution
March 13, 2015 · By Roxana Isabel Duerr for DW.de
Sex tourism, child prostitution, and human trafficking are closely linked in the Philippines. Corruption and prostitution are flourishing because of the country’s inability to enforce law and prosecute criminals. 18-year-old Leilane (name changed by the editor) now dreams of a career as a stewardess. But two years ago, the teenager could not even imagine going […]
Read More...UK Cabinet Office denies cover-up over files showing Margaret Thatcher knew of sex abuse claims against late MP
March 10, 2015 · By Adam Withnall for independent.co.uk
The Government has been accused of trying to suppress a dossier of secret files which reveal that Margaret Thatcher knew about child sex abuse allegations against the MP Cyril Smith – before he was knighted. The documents, only made public this week after an intervention from the Information Commissioner, include an undated letter marked “secret” […]
Read More...“I couldn’t tell if my girl was more at risk from sex predators or the social workers”
March 9, 2015 ·
A mother has told how she questioned her own sanity as she begged social workers and police for years to help stop her daughter from being repeatedly sexually abused. by Ben Wilkinson and Stephen Wright for DailyMail.co.uk In the end she feared the girl was at as big a risk from social workers as she […]
Read More...Knowing the Truth Saved Andrea
February 24, 2015 ·
Knowing the truth saved Andrea Father Shay Cullen Julieta had worked for many years as an elementary school teacher in San Isidero Elementary School. Like most teachers she would be irritated at inattentive and distracted students. The low grades and failure of the student to do homework assignments and be able to share in […]
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