February, 2020
Philippines to impose stiffer penalties for child abuse
February 19, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine lawmakers have passed a measure that would impose stiffer penalties in child abuse, exploitation and discrimination cases. The proposed Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act imposes bigger fines and longer jail terms for violators. “This is a good step to minimize or totally eradicate cases involving children,” said Father Conegundo […]
Read More...Queensland man to face court over child abuse material allegations
February 19, 2020 · By Mirage News for www.miragenews.com
A 20-year-old Queensland resident accused of producing an image and recording that depict the sexual abuse of a boy in the Philippines is expected to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today, after authorities allegedly found the abhorrent material on his electronic devices. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is now working with its law enforcement counterparts in […]
Read More...256 Australians spend more than $1.3 million watching child sexual abuse online
February 19, 2020 · By political reporter Matthew Doran for www.abc.net.au
More than 250 Australians have spent more than $1.3 million to watch child sexual abuse, live streamed on the internet from the Philippines, over 13 years. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) compiled the data in a landmark study of criminal behaviour online and found the majority of the Australians paying for what has been […]
Read More...Six women and five men on 220 charges of child rape, sex abuse and neglect
February 18, 2020 · By Independent.ie for www.independent.ie
Six women and five men have been remanded on bail to appear before the Central Criminal Court for trial, on charges of more than 200 counts of rape, sexual assault and neglect of children. The 11 accused persons, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were brought before a court yesterday and served with a […]
Read More...Boys still waiting for abuse compensation
February 18, 2020 · By Simon Parry for www.pressreader.com
FIVE Filipino boys awarded compensation totaling £127,000 for the sexual abuse meted out by British paedophile Douglas Slade have so far received less than a tenth of the money. The High Court in London ruled in December 2018 that the boys – aged between ten and 15 when Slade carried out his sickening crimes – […]
Read More...Philippine bishops aim to protect minors from predatory priests
February 18, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines are creating an office that aims to ensure the safety of minors and vulnerable people. The Office on the Protection of Minors will help dioceses to address cases of clergy sex abuse by providing canon law experts and other professionals. A bishop, to be elected during a meeting of prelates […]
Read More...Pope defends Amazon’s cultural richness
February 18, 2020 · By Antonio Spadaro, Rome for www.ucanews.com
Splendor, drama, mystery: with these three words Pope Francis offers to the people of God and all persons of goodwill his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia (Beloved Amazon) on the special synod for the Amazon, which took place in Rome last October. With this synod, held at the heart of catholicity in Rome, the Church set out […]
Read More...Youngest victim of paedophile Glitter to sue him for his pop music millions
February 18, 2020 · By SIMON PARRY FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY IN VIETNAM for www.dailymail.co.uk
A woman sexually abused by Gary Glitter when she was just ten years old is suing the paedophile pop star for compensation. The victim, believed to be the youngest child molested by Glitter during his time overseas, was repeatedly abused by the depraved singer when an aunt took her to his home in the Vietnamese […]
Read More...Prosecutors drop sedition charges against Philippine bishops
February 17, 2020 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Philippine prosecutors have exonerated four Catholic bishops charged with plotting to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration. The Justice Department dropped the charges, saying there was no evidence supporting police claims that the bishops intended to commit seditious acts. The accused bishops were Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop Honesto Ongtioco and […]
Read More...Prophetic Voice of Bishop Broderick Pabillowill be heard in Manila
February 17, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Pope Francis has appointed a new administrator of Manila Archdiocese following the departure on Feb. 9 of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to assume a new post at the Vatican. Bishop Broderick Pabillo, auxiliary bishop of Manila and a vocal critic of the Philippines’ “war on drugs,” has been named apostolic administrator of the archdiocese. “He […]
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