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‘My betrayer is at hand’
January 8, 2019 · By Father William Grimm, for www.ucanews.com
In Gethsemane, Jesus said, “My betrayer is at hand.” News of the Catholic Church these days reminds us that we live in a world in which betrayers are always at hand. Clergy and religious have betrayed children and adults, abusing those entrusted to their care. Bishops and superiors have betrayed us all by protecting those […]
Read More...Boy’s ‘extraordinary courage’ helps unmask man of cloth in sexual abuse case
January 8, 2019 · By Danny Petilla - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
NAVAL, BILIRAN—After years of being sexually abused by an American Roman Catholic priest, a 12-year-old boy is leading the fight against pedophilia in a remote village here where his older brother and many of their friends are also victims. Police officials here said JVA (the boy’s alias in the criminal complaint) convinced his 22-year-old brother, […]
Read More...Death penalty is fruit of laws lacking humanity, mercy, pope says
January 7, 2019 · By Junno Arocho Esteves for angelusnews.com
The death penalty is an inhumane form of punishment that ignores the primacy of mercy in the name of justice, Pope Francis said. Meeting a delegation from the International Commission against the Death Penalty Dec. 17, the pope set aside his prepared remarks and spoke off the cuff, the Vatican said. In his prepared text, […]
Read More...A major victory against children’s prisons
January 7, 2019 · By www.jeffmerkley.com
Over 15,000 immigrant children are locked up in prisons across America thanks to Donald Trump. But today we got a little good news: Thanks to our pressure, the Trump administration backed down off of one policy that has kept so many kids behind barbed wire. But it’s not enough. Help us keep up this fight until […]
Read More...Pope Francis Tells Abusive Priests And Bishops To Turn Themselves In
January 7, 2019 · By National Public Radio, NPR for www.npr.org
Updated at 12:56 p.m. ET Pope Francis is urging predator priests who have raped or molested children to turn themselves in “to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” devoting part of his Christmas message to the abuse scandals that he said have undermined the Catholic Church in 2018. As cardinals and other church luminaries […]
Read More...70 years on, landmark UN human rights document as important as ever
January 7, 2019 · By UN News for news.un.org
Thanks to the Declaration, and States’ commitments to its principles, the dignity of millions has been uplifted, untold human suffering prevented and the foundations for a most just world have been laid. High Commissioner hails continued relevance of Declaration Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement released on Wednesday that the […]
Read More...Recognizing, helping children involved in human trafficking
January 6, 2019 · By HEALIOwww.healio.com
An estimated 40.3 million people worldwide were involved in human trafficking in 2016, according to the International Labour Organization. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Virginia, reports that of the 25,000 runaways reported to the agency in 2017, one in seven were likely victims of child sex trafficking. The actual numbers […]
Read More...Warrington man charged with child pornography
January 6, 2019 · By Staff Report for www.buckscountycouriertimes.com
WARRINGTON — A township man could spend the rest of his life in prison after being arrested by federal authorities for alleged child pornography. Michael Schamach, 32, was charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and attempted manufacture of child pornography, a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia […]
Read More...Paedophile on the run for five years found behind false wall
January 6, 2019 · By Press Association 2018 for www.newsandstar.co.uk
A paedophile on the run from police for five years was finally arrested after he was found hiding behind a false wall. Brian Ward, 62, had evaded authorities since 2013 after he fled a trial for indecently assaulting a young girl, but was found by a police officer last week during a search of a […]
Read More...2018 was an Annus horribilis for human rights in South Asia
January 6, 2019 · By Biraj Patnaik for www.downtoearth.org.in
2018 has been a difficult year for human rights in South Asia. Crackdowns on the Right to Freedom of Expression intensified across the region. Enforced disappearances continued to scar communities in Pakistan and Bangladesh; civilian casualties remained at record highs in Afghanistan, civil society organisations continued to be harassed and shut down in almost every […]
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