January, 2019
Inequality gap widens as 42 people hold same wealth as 3.7bn poorest
January 16, 2019 · By Larry Elliott Economics editor for www.theguardian.com
The development charity Oxfam has called for action to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor as it launched a new report showing that 42 people hold as much wealth as the 3.7 billion who make up the poorest half of the world’s population. In a report published on Monday to coincide with the gathering of […]
Read More...America’s Dirty Little Secret: Sex Trafficking of Young Girls
January 16, 2019 · By John Whitehead for www.mintpressnews.com
Opinion — They’re called the Little Barbies. Children, young girls—some as young as 9 years old—are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years old. This is America’s dirty little secret. Sex trafficking—especially when it comes to the buying and selling […]
Read More...Paedophile priest, 80, demands shorter sentence after being ‘assaulted with bread’ – but gets eight more years
January 15, 2019 · By Chris Kitching for www.mirror.co.uk
A paedophile Catholic priest who sexually abused 27 young boys claims he deserves a shorter sentence after a fellow prisoner assaulted him with a loaf of bread. Darcy John O’Sullivan, 80, is serving time behind bars for 22 child sex offences between 1971 and 1983. The paedophile had lobbied for a shorter sentence, claiming he deserved one […]
Read More...Child pornography films and images found on garda’s laptop, trial told
January 15, 2019 · By Declan Brennan for www.irishtimes.com
Videos found on a laptop seized from the home of a garda showed boys under the age of ten subjected to sexually explicit acts, a jury has hard. Joseph O’Connor (58) from west Dublin has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of possession of child pornography at his home in west Dublin in 2011. […]
Read More...The Guardian view on police and child spies: ends don’t always justify the means
January 15, 2019 · By The Guardian for www.theguardian.com
The revelation that juvenile sources are being used in covert operations is alarming – but what we do not know is as concerning as what we have found out Downing Street tells us that child spies are used very rarely by British police and intelligence agencies, and only when it is judged really vital. How reassuring. We would […]
Read More...UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS LEAD TO MULTIPLE ARRESTS OF CHILD SEX OFFENDERS
January 15, 2019 · By www.savesweetienow.org
Undercover operations conducted under the umbrella of the ‘Sweetie Project’, have led to a series of arrests of child sexual abuse offenders in several European countries. 72-Year old Dutch national Hans v C was apprehended earlier this month and described as a serious child sex offender by law enforcement. The arrest follows earlier arrests last […]
Read More...Kevin Spacey plans not-guilty plea in sexual assault case
January 14, 2019 · By www.cnbc.com
Kevin Spacey is due in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday to answer accusations that he groped a young man in a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016. The Oscar-winning actor has said he will plead not guilty to a charge of felony indecent assault and battery. The court appearance by Spacey comes more […]
Read More...The Dangerous Rise of Online Child Pornography
January 14, 2019 · By Dr. John DeGarmo, Contributor for www.huffpost.com
Today’s children live in a digital world that has embraced sexuality. Images of sex abound on the internet, and are freely accessible to children in with the simple click of a computer button, or downloading an image on a cell phone. To be sure, a child can inadvertently access pornography through false web searches and […]
Read More...At least 21 million expected at Manila’s Nazarene feast
January 14, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine Church officials said they are expecting at least 21 million devotees to attend this year’s observance of the feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila on Jan. 9. At least five million devotees were expected to join the traslacion, a procession to transfer the image of the Nazarene from a park in the city to […]
Read More...Children Victims of a Globalized World Economy
January 14, 2019 ·
Children Victims of a Globalized World Economy Fr. Shay Cullen January 8, 2019 The Philippines is a country with some of the greatest inequality. There are 16 million Filipinos who suffer serious poverty out of population of 107 million. Six million live in extreme poverty. They suffer the burning heat of summer and the downpours […]
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