October, 2018
The “Red-baiting” of the Innocent
October 26, 2018 ·
The “Red-baiting” of the Innocent Fr. Shay Cullen 27 October 2018 The branding and marking of church workers, religious sisters and priests today as “communists and Marxists” is a propaganda tactic that stems from the repressive Marcos era of martial law. Marcos and his cronies that ruled with fear and death had their own fears. […]
Read More...India’s female feticide not forgotten on ‘Day of the Girl Child’
October 26, 2018 · By Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
Anti-abortion and other groups have joined government efforts to change India’s skewed sex ratio that is caused by large-scale female feticide. According to the Population Research Institute, at least 12.7 million sex-selective abortions were conducted in India between 2000 and 2014. On the eve of the United Nations’ established International Day of the Girl Child, various groups joined […]
Read More...Children of Philippine drug war victims join global prayer
October 26, 2018 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Children of victims of the war against drugs in the Philippines are joining a global campaign to pray the rosary for peace on Oct. 18. The international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need said at least 1,200 parishes and 700 Catholic schools from 41 Philippine dioceses are also participating in the “One […]
Read More...263 San Francisco Bay Area priests branded sexual abusers in survivor’s report
October 26, 2018 · By Corky Siemaszko and Alex Johnson for www.nbcnews.com
The attorney for a California clergy abuse survivor accused the leaders of three San Francisco Bay Area dioceses on Tuesday of engaging in an “institutional cover-up of an enormous magnitude” and released a list of 263 local priests whom they branded sexual predators. The priests named in the 66-page report, compiled by the law firm of […]
Read More...Philippine re-election to UN rights body divides bishops
October 25, 2018 · By Jose Torres Jr., Manila for www.ucanews.com
The re-election of the Philippines onto the United Human Rights Council last week has drawn conflicting responses from the country’s church leaders and human rights activists. For one Catholic bishop, the election was “very ironic yet inspiring.” Another said it was not deserved because of alleged human rights abuses committed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. […]
Read More...Ireland a destination for child trafficking gangs, warns Europol
October 25, 2018 · By Conor McCrave for www.independent.ie
Ireland has been identified as a destination for victims of child trafficking networks in a new report published by Europol. The report, detailing cases of underage trafficking within and into the EU, revealed 302 cases – some which included more than one victim – in the two-year period between 2015 and 2017. Criminals operating out […]
Read More...Paedophile spends just one week in prison for abusing seven-year-old girl
October 25, 2018 · By Kate Buck for metro.co.uk
A paedophile who sexually abused his seven-year-old neighbour over three years only served one week in prison. Vernon Platt, now 89, admitted abusing Jayne Mahgagahbow for three years from the age of seven and was sentenced to one year behind bars. But his sentence was later reduced to a suspended sentence because of his age […]
Read More...$600k a year for paedophile ‘protector’
October 25, 2018 · By Nina Funnell for www.news.com.au
OPINION FORMER Australian governor-general Dr Peter Hollingworth should be stripped of his $600,000 a year entitlement after it was found he protected paedophiles during his time as Anglican Archbishop. In 2003, Dr Peter Hollingworth resigned as governor-general in disgrace after a church report into his mishandling of multiple cases of child abuse during the 11 […]
Read More...One of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles has jail sentence reduced by appeal judges
October 24, 2018 · By Cathy Gordon for www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A paedophile who blackmailed a string of vulnerable victims has won a challenge against his “manifestly excessive” prison sentence of 32 years. Court of Appeal judges reduced Matthew Falder’s jail term to 25 years on Tuesday. Bespectacled Falder, originally from Knutsford, watched the proceedings via video link from prison. His barrister Andrew Smith QC told […]
Read More...Activists demand Filipino poll candidates put poor first
October 24, 2018 · By Jose Torres Jr., Manila for www.ucanews.com
Food security and land rights activists marched in Manila on Oct. 16 to urge candidates in next year’s mid-term elections to make sure basic issues that affect the poor are included in their campaign platforms. The march was part of a World Food Day observance by farmers, workers, and advocacy groups under the #Vote4FoodSecurity campaign. Maria Rosario […]
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