Fr. Shay’s Articles
The Pain of Abuse is Always with Us
March 2, 2018 ·
The Pain of Abuse is Always with Us Fr. Shay Cullen 2 March 2018 Child abuse in all its cruel and insidious forms is the scourge of our society. It always has been and always will be unless more good people stop plugging their ears, turning away and denying that we are surrounded by pain-filled […]
Read More...Opposing Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
February 26, 2018 ·
Opposing Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Fr. Shay Cullen 23 February 2018 Vatican City- Church and police authorities and non-government organizations (NGOs) came together recently in the Vatican under the Santa Martha Group headed by Cardinal Vincent Nicholas to discuss and share their experience and listen to each other. They discussed greater cooperation in combating […]
Read More...Jailing the Child Abusers
February 15, 2018 ·
Jailing the Child Abusers Fr. Shay Cullen 16 February 2018 When put on trial in Pasay City, Metro Manila, child sex abusers can expect a conviction and a sentence of harsh life in prison without parole from Judge Tingaraan Guiling of Pasay City if the evidence warrants it. This week on 12 February, a just […]
Read More...Philippine Democracy under threat
February 9, 2018 ·
Philippine Democracy under threat Fr. Shay Cullen February 9, 2018 The young man, Jake 22 year old and single laughed when I asked him whom he voted for in the local elections for mayor. He said he abstained, but he went to the house of the mayor and received a payment all the same. “Why […]
Read More...Fighting Poverty Through Fair Trade
February 2, 2018 ·
Fighting Poverty Through Fair Trade Fr. Shay Cullen 01 February 2018 Pepito Alvarez, 57 and with his wife Conchita are among one of the thousands of small mountain subsistence farmers who have lived just below the poverty line all their lives. He and his villagers in the Zambales mountain range just keep their family above […]
Read More...A Big Victory for Exploited Children
January 25, 2018 ·
A Big Victory for Exploited Children Fr. Shay Cullen 25 January 2018 He was convicted after almost four and a half years of trial. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges and got off lightly with time served. He is Mr. AB, a US national convicted in an Olongapo Court recently of child trafficking and child […]
Read More...Journalists risk death for the truth
January 18, 2018 ·
Journalists risk death for the truth Fr. Shay Cullen 18 January 2018 Journalists, writers, reporters, commentators will just have to curb their passion for speaking and exposing the truth if they want to continue to live. Too many end up a corpse in a cold dark morgue, silence their only companion. That is just the […]
Read More...Child Brides are Sex Slaves
January 12, 2018 ·
Child Brides are Sex Slaves Fr. Shay Cullen 12 January 2018 What more depraved cultural, economic, community-approved practice is there than to have an 11-year old girl given as a sex partner to a man more than thirty years older and call it marriage. It is a debasement of marriage itself for a start but […]
Read More...The Voice of Women Say, “Time’s Up!”
January 5, 2018 ·
The Voice of Women Say, “Time’s Up!” Fr. Shay Cullen 4 January 2018 It is a great beginning to the New Year. Prominent women and men in Hollywood and London have launched a movement to end sexual harassment in the workplace and society. They aim to challenge every act of sexual harassment and abuse that […]
Read More...The Man from Nazareth
December 29, 2017 ·
The Man from Nazareth Fr. Shay Cullen 28 December 2017 A great blessing came into the world over two thousand years ago. Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth. He was a humble leader, prophetic, articulate and a prodigy with a profound compassionate understanding of the sick, the poor and oppressed. He […]
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