May, 2023
Philippines to beef up anti-human trafficking efforts
May 22, 2023 · By UCAN News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Philippines to beef up anti-human trafficking efforts The Philippines aims to beef up anti-human trafficking measures after busting a major online scam and rescuing six Filipinos from Myanmar. On May 15, the Bureau of Immigration joined hands with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas to strengthen anti-human trafficking activities and illegal migration. Immigration commissioner, Norman Tansingco signed a […]
Read More...Man who raped his daughters, sister and niece jailed for life
May 22, 2023 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Man who raped his daughters, sister and niece jailed for life A man who sexually abused and raped two of his sisters, his niece and later his own two daughters in horrific offending spanning four decades has been jailed for life. Richard O’Brien, 61, denied all the offences but was convicted unanimously by a jury […]
Read More...The Children in Conflict with the Adult World
May 19, 2023 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Children in Conflict with the Adult World Fr. Shay Cullen 20 May 2023 Thousands of Filipino children and millions worldwide are made to suffer injustice, abandonment, being forced to work as slaves, deprived of nutritious food and education. They are trafficked as sex objects for the sexual gratification of lustful abusers, raped and abused […]
Read More...Eight in 10 South African children struggle to read by age of 10
May 19, 2023 · By Adam Durbin, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Eight out of 10 South African school children struggle to read by the age of ten, an international study has found. South Africa ranked last out of 57 countries assessed in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, which tested the reading ability of 400,000 students globally in 2021. Illiteracy among South African children rose […]
Read More...Federal jury convicts Ohio priest of sex-trafficking charges
May 17, 2023 · By OSV News for www.ucanews.com
Federal jury convicts Ohio priest of sex-trafficking charges A federal jury on May 12 convicted a Toledo diocesan priest of five charges of sex trafficking in his abuse of three male victims that began when he was a seminarian and they were minors at St. Catherine of Siena Parish School in Toledo and which continued […]
Read More...Japan’s top pop agency apologizes for alleged sexual abuse by late founder
May 17, 2023 · By Michelle Toh and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN for edition.cnn.com
Japan’s top pop agency apologizes for alleged sexual abuse by late founder Hong KongCNN — The head of Japan’s biggest music agency has apologized over allegations of years-long sexual abuse committed by its founder, the late entertainment mogul Johnny Kitagawa. Johnny & Associates, a talent management firm known for its representation of hit bands such as SMAP, […]
Read More...Solons OK with stiffer child abuse penalties; lukewarm on jailing parents
May 17, 2023 · By Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Solons OK with stiffer child abuse penalties; lukewarm on jailing parents MANILA, Philippines — While there was unanimous support for the amendment of current laws to ensure stiffer penalty for child abuse, lawmakers and resource persons issued concerns with proposals to provide prison terms as penalties for parents in some scenarios. During the hearing of […]
Read More...House panel OKs bill protecting teachers from blanket child abuse allegations
May 17, 2023 · By Cristina Chi - Philstar.com for www.philstar.com
House panel OKs bill protecting teachers from blanket child abuse allegations MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives’ basic education panel on Tuesday greenlighted a bill aiming to protect teachers from blanket charges of child abuse by qualifying what actions fall under the exercise of their “discipline authority” inside the classroom. The committee, led by Rep. […]
Read More...Paul Clark: Former MP jailed over child abuse images
May 15, 2023 · By Christian Fuller & Ian Palmer, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Paul Clark: Former MP jailed over child abuse images A former Labour MP who shared child abuse material has been jailed. Paul Clark, who represented Gillingham in Kent for 13 years, was caught with more than 1,400 images on five electronic devices. During his career, Clark worked as a parliamentary private secretary to deputy Prime […]
Read More...French Catholic Church to provide clergy with scannable IDs to battle sexual abuse
May 15, 2023 · By Aude MAZOUE for www.france24.com
French Catholic Church to provide clergy with scannable IDs to battle sexual abuse Rattled by repeated cases of sexual abuse over the years, the French Catholic Church will soon provide digital ID cards with scannable QR codes that will offer colour-coded background information – ranging from green to orange to red – on bishops, priests […]
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