World News
British Lord covered up of child abuse?
March 26, 2019 · By www.bbc.com
The Liberal Democrats have suspended former leader David Steel over remarks he made to a child abuse inquiry about the late MP Cyril Smith. Lord Steel said he asked Smith in 1979 about claims he abused boys at a Rochdale hostel in the 1960s. He said he came away from the conversation “assuming” that Smith […]
Read More...Ethnocide in Xinjiang, China’s ‘open air prison’
March 26, 2019 · By Anders Corr for www.ucanews.com
Estimates of one to three million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in detention for “re-education” in China today are evidenced by extensive satellite imagery, more than 1,000 first and second-hand testimonies, dozens of Chinese government work reports, one camp employee and one security official, both of whom fled China and are now in Kazakhstan. Uyghur […]
Read More...Not enough for church to simply apologise for abuse – Martin
March 25, 2019 · By Joe Little for www.rte.ie
The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said the church has to find a way to sanction bishops who gravely fail victims of child sexual abuse. Dr Martin said that it is not enough for the church to simply apologise for the abuse scandals. He said that when Pope Francis visits the country next weekend, he has to […]
Read More...Ireland’s Archbishop Martin, Catholic Church maverick
March 25, 2019 · By www.france24.com
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is receiving Pope Francis on Sunday in Dublin, while the Catholic Church continues to be embroiled in sexual abuse scandals, an emotive issue Martin has been praised for tackling head-on. Known for his direct manner, the archbishop of Dublin said that the pope “has to speak frankly about our past” and the abuse […]
Read More...BI-FSU apprehends US national allegedly involved in child porn
March 21, 2019 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
American Gary James Dakulil attempted to evade the FSU tracker team by hiding in the ground floor bathroom of his 2-storey villa, but his plan failed when Immigration agents cornered him before he was able to escape. The US State Department earlier cancelled his passport, which made him an undocumented foreigner in the country. His […]
Read More...Video games addiction among children
March 21, 2019 · By MSN News for www.msn.com
“If I wasn’t gaming, I was thinking about gaming”. Sean – not his real name – has told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme about how gaming addiction took over his life to the point where he lost his family and his job. Matthew Preece, a senior therapist at the UK Addiction Treatment group (Ukat), says there has […]
Read More...Ex-priest defrocked for sex abuse killed in his Nevada home
March 20, 2019 · By MICHELLE L. PRICE for www.apnews.com
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A defrocked Roman Catholic priest named as one of more than 180 New Jersey priests facing credible accusations of sexual abuse was fatally shot in a new home in a suburb of Las Vegas, authorities said Tuesday. Seventy-year-old John Capparelli was found dead Saturday morning in his kitchen in the city […]
Read More...Detained American priest accused of molesting boys served 5 more arrest warrants
March 20, 2019 · By PhilStar Global for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — Five more arrest warrants were served by Philippine authorities Tuesday against an American Catholic priest accused of molesting up to 50 altar boys. According to media reports, the warrants were served to Father Kenneth Bernard Pius Hendricks at his cell in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City where he was being detained. […]
Read More...Who buys a trafficked child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men.
March 20, 2019 · By Tim Swarens for www.usatoday.com
More than 1 million children, according to the International Labour Organization, are exploited each year in the commercial sex trade. IndyStar columnist Tim Swarens, through the support of a Society of Professional Journalists fellowship, spent more than a year investigating a lucrative business where children are abused with low risk to buyers or traffickers, despite tougher laws […]
Read More...MI5 did not tell police of minister’s ‘penchant for small boys’, inquiry hears
March 20, 2019 · By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent for www.theguardian.com
MI5 warned the cabinet secretary in the 1980s about rumours that a minister had a “penchant for small boys” but did not inform the police or launch an investigation into the allegations, according to a member of the security services. Giving evidence anonymously to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA), a lawyer with the […]
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