March, 2019
4 out of 5 Filipinos worry over extrajudicial killings – SWS
March 14, 2019 · By Rappler.com for www.rappler.com
The SWS survey says 78% Filipinos are worried that they, or someone they know, will be a victim of extrajudicial killings MANILA, Philippines – A Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey result released on Friday, March 1, said 78% or almost 4 out of 5 Filipinos are worried that they, or someone they know, will be a victim […]
Read More...Cardinal George Pell sentenced to six years in prison for child sex abuse
March 14, 2019 · By Hilary Whiteman, CNN for edition.cnn.com
Melbourne, Australia (CNN)Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be convicted of sex abuse to date, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the “callous” assault of two choirboys in the late 1990s. A former senior adviser to Pope Francis, Pell showed no reaction when Chief Judge Peter Kidd handed down […]
Read More...Corporal punishment bill vetoed
March 13, 2019 · By The Straight Times for www.straitstimes.com
MANILA (AFP) – A draft law that would have made it illegal for parents to smack their children in the Philippines has been vetoed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the presidential palace said on Thursday (Feb 28). The Bill would have banned physical, humiliating, or degrading acts of punishment or discipline by parents or teachers on […]
Read More...YouTube bans comments on all videos of children
March 13, 2019 · By By Chris Fox for www.bbc.com
YouTube says it will switch off comments on almost all videos featuring under-18s, in an attempt to “better protect children and families”. Several brands stopped advertising on YouTube after discovering that paedophiles were leaving predatory comments on videos of children. YouTube had originally disabled comments on videos that were attracting predatory and obscene comments. But […]
Read More...Predatory comments prompt YouTube ad suspension
March 12, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Mars, Lidl, Adidas and others have pulled all advertisements from YouTube after some were found next to clips used by predators to target children. Investigations by the BBC and the Times found tens of thousands of “predatory” accounts have been used to leave explicit comments on children’s videos. Problems with the video-sharing site’s reporting system have been blamed for letting […]
Read More...Michael Jackson doc Leaving Neverland is ‘disturbing and devastating’
March 12, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Michael Jackson gave a young boy jewellery in exchange for sexual acts, according to new documentary Leaving Neverland. The “devasting and disturbing” film has been shown at The Sundance Film festival in Utah, America. It focuses on two men who claim Michael Jackson had abused them as children. His estate deny the claims saying it’s […]
Read More...Michael Jackson ‘abused us hundreds of times’
March 12, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Two men have told the BBC they were abused hundreds of times by Michael Jackson, from the ages of seven and 10. Wade Robson, 36, told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme the singer had sexually abused him from the age of seven and tried to rape him when he was 14. James Safechuck, 40, told […]
Read More...Instagram biggest for child grooming online – NSPCC finds
March 11, 2019 · By BBC for www.bbc.com
Sex offenders are grooming children on Instagram more than on any other online platform, a charity has found. Police in England and Wales recorded 1,944 incidents of sexual communication with children in the six months to September 2018, the NSPCC said. Instagram was used in 32% of the 1,317 cases where a method was recorded, […]
Read More...How the Catholic Church in the Philippines deals with clergy sex abuse of children
March 11, 2019 · By Buena Bernal for www.channelnewsasia.com
PAMPANGA, Philippines: The imposing structure of the official bishop’s residence at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando north of Manila can be intimidating at first sight. But the man of the cloth overseeing the parishes under the jurisdiction of this archdiocese welcomes you with a self-effacing demeanour. Archbishop Florentino Lavarias was part of the team that […]
Read More...The Moral and Civil Rule of Law
March 8, 2019 ·
The Moral and Civil Rule of Law Fr. Shay Cullen 8 March 2019 What is it that keeps a family, a community, a nation from the brink of chaos, uncontrolled corruption, grave injustice and prevents violent attacks, assassinations and mayhem? What brings civilized living, cooperation and development to a people? It is the […]
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