April, 2018
Asifa Bano: The child rape and murder that has Kashmir on edge
April 19, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
The brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Indian-administered Kashmir has put the restive state on edge. Sameer Yasir, an independent journalist based in Srinagar, reports on how the investigation has split the region along religious lines. On the morning of 17 January, Muhammad Yusuf Pujwala was sitting outside his home in […]
Read More...French President Macron to bishops: ‘Give us wisdom, not solutions’
April 19, 2018 · By Claire Giangravè for cruxnow.com
ROME – As France tackles the same culture wars on immigration and bioethics pervasive across the West, the country’s young and charismatic leader told the country’s Catholic bishops Monday that while their wisdom is cherished, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they will get the outcome they desire. “We listen to [the voice of the Church] […]
Read More...Paul Leighton jailed for rapes thousands of miles away
April 18, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
A paedophile has been jailed for 16 years after admitting rape, despite being thousands of miles away when the offences happened. Paul Leighton, 32, from Seaham, County Durham, created up to 40 fake Facebook profiles to befriend teenagers in the UK, Canada, the US and Australia. He tricked them into sending him naked selfies, then […]
Read More...Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography Depicting Victims in the Philippines
April 18, 2018 · By www.justice.gov
A Manassas, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to using the Internet to pay women to sexually abuse children as young as six years old in the Philippines while he produced numerous images of the abuse. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy Doherty-McCormick for the […]
Read More...Paedophile who exploited young girls online expected to face more charges
April 18, 2018 · By Robin Schiller for www.independent.ie
A PAEDOPHILE who sexually exploited girls as young as nine, and distributed thousands of child porn images, is expected to face further charges after more material was found during a search of his home. Matthew Horan (26) admitted coercing the young children into sending him sexually graphic images and was described as an “inadequate” individual […]
Read More...A day after March for Our Lives, Pope urges youth to speak out
April 18, 2018 · By Theresa Waldrop, CNN for edition.cnn.com
(CNN) – A day after hundreds of thousands of people protested gun violence at March for Our Lives events in the US and around the globe, Pope Francis called on the world’s youth to continue speaking out and standing up. “Dear young people, you have it in you to shout,” the Pope said in his […]
Read More...‘Catastrophe’ as France’s bird population collapses due to pesticides
April 17, 2018 · By Agence France-Presse for www.theguardian.com
Dozens of species have seen their numbers decline, in some cases by two-thirds, because insects they feed on have disappeared Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a half, researchers have said. Dozens of species have seen their numbers decline, in some cases by two-thirds, the […]
Read More...‘Paedophile hunter’ evidence used to charge 150 suspects
April 16, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
Evidence from so-called paedophile hunter groups was used to charge suspects at least 150 times last year, a BBC investigation has found. A Freedom of Information request, sent to every police force in England and Wales, showed a seven-fold increase in the use of such evidence from 2015. Twenty-nine of the forty-three forces approached (67%) […]
Read More...Pope Francis says helping the poor and migrants is as important as opposing abortion
April 16, 2018 · By Delia Gallagher, CNN for edition.cnn.com
Vatican City (CNN) – Pope Francis rebukes narrow-minded Catholics and warns the world about the devil in a new document about modern holiness unveiled Monday by the Vatican. In the major teaching document, called an apostolic exhortation, Francis also encourages Catholics to reach for holiness in daily life, urging the faithful to become “the saint […]
Read More...Police Win against Online Child Abusers
April 13, 2018 ·
Police Win against Online Child Abusers Fr. Shay Cullen 20 April 2018 Police in many nations that are fighting back against the pedophiles who sexually exploit children online are having remarkable success. Pedophiles and child pornographers despite hiding on the dark web and using encryption software are being caught in increasing numbers. They abuse children […]
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