August, 2018
Cover-up claim over Myanmar’s new Rohingya abuse probe
August 22, 2018 · By John Zaw, Mandalay for www.ucanews.com
Rights groups say Myanmar’s new commission to probe abuses against the Rohingya in Rakhine State is the start of a cover-up and designed to muddy the waters rather than hold perpetrators accountable for crimes. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said Myanmar is still playing games and trying to divert attention from […]
Read More...Boracay natives lose homes on island paradise
August 22, 2018 · By Mark Saludes, Boracay Island for www.ucanews.com
At the end of an alley, behind a row of bars and eateries on the island of Boracay, is a little community. In the cluster of huts made of grass live 80-year-old Estelita Mariano and the families of her 14 children who all survive from the tourism industry on the central Philippines island. Estelita was born […]
Read More...Jehovah’s Witness leader urges elders to destroy sex abuse records
August 17, 2018 · By La Croix International staff for international.la-croix.com
A Jehovah’s Witness leader in the United States has stoked controversy, and possibly indicted himself, by urging the sect to destroy files that could be used against it in sex abuse cases. Shaun Bartlett, who oversees the organization’s record management, reportedly told a group of elders to destroy all records detailing information about suspected child […]
Read More...For Jehovah’s Witnesses, an insular culture and archaic rules have created a “recipe for child abuse.”
August 17, 2018 · By David Gambacorta for www.philly.com
A second was all it took. A second was all he needed. The little girl was 4, round-faced and freckled and dressed in her Sunday best. She was fidgeting next to her father inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Red Lion, York County — a safe, familiar space for a family that spent nearly […]
Read More...The Challenges to Family Today
August 17, 2018 ·
The Challenges to Family Today Fr. Shay Cullen 17 August 2018 Dublin,Ireland. What is family to each one of us and how important is it to belong to a family? We all greatly desire and long for the secure “happy family” whose members love and trust each other, share solidarity, give mutual help and […]
Read More...MPs accuse aid groups of ‘abject failure’ in tackling sexual abuse
August 16, 2018 ·
Charities have shown “complacency verging on complicity” in responding to sexual abuse that is endemic across the sector, according to a damning report by MPs. In the report, the international development committee (IDC) said the aid sector had a record of “abject failure” in dealing with longstanding concerns about exploitation by its own personnel and appeared […]
Read More...Flight attendants’ ‘gut feeling’ about passengers sparks human trafficking investigation: reports
August 15, 2018 · By Benjamin Brown | Fox News for www.foxnews.com
Some Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants are being credited with helping to save three young females from an apparent human trafficking situation, a report said. The flight attendants just had a gut feeling that something wasn’t quite right, Hawaii News Now reported. It started when flight attendant Wesley Hirata notified his fellow crew members about suspicions he had […]
Read More...Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal
August 15, 2018 · By Elisabetta Povoledo and Sharon Otterman for www.nytimes.com
ROME — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, from the College of Cardinals, ordering him to a “life of prayer and penance” after allegations that the cardinal sexually abused minors and adult seminarians over the course of decades, the Vatican announced on Saturday. Acting swiftly […]
Read More...US Navy veteran and Australian arrested in Angeles City drug raid
August 15, 2018 · By M G MARTIN for philippineslifestyle.com
A US Navy veteran was arrested for drug dealing in Angeles City alongside an Australian alleged to have been a customer. Gary Timothy Lamb, aged 56, was the subject of a police sting operation in his apartment in Clark View Subdivision in Barangay Malabanias yesterday afternoon (Saturday, June 30). Chief Superintendent Amador Corpus, Central Luzon […]
Read More...Authorities arrest Australian pedophile caught with 4 women in Angeles, Pampanga
August 15, 2018 · By Coconuts Manila for coconuts.co
Angeles City, Pampanga continues to be a hotbed of creeps. A 41-year-old Australian man has been arrested by authorities after he was caught in one of the city’s hotels with four women — including two who are underage — he allegedly paid to have sex with him, ABS-CBN News reported yesterday. The operation was done by the […]
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