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Sex with 10yo not rape, Finnish court rules in migrant’s case
May 10, 2018 · By www.rt.com
In a case that has triggered public outrage, a top Finnish court has upheld a ruling that sex between an asylum seeker and a 10-year-old girl didn’t constitute rape. Critics are calling for harsher sentences for child abuse. Finland’s Supreme Court rejected a request from the prosecution to appeal a three-year jail term for a […]
Read More...Filipino groups launch support network for Australian nun
May 8, 2018 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Solidarity with the Poor Network aims to unite faith-based organizations against Sister Patricia Fox’s deportation Church groups in the Philippines have launched a “support network” for Australian missionary nun Patricia Fox who has been ordered to leave the country by the government. The group, “Solidarity with the Poor Network”, aims to unite faith-based organizations to […]
Read More...Child protection law introduced to Irish Parliament
May 7, 2018 · By beta.oireachtas.ie
I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” Apologies are owed to the staff of the Oireachtas for the lateness of the hour at which this business is being taken. I wish to thank my colleagues in Independents4Change for facilitating me this evening in trying to progress the Bill. It is a […]
Read More...Life term for Indian ‘godman’ rapist hailed as landmark
May 7, 2018 · By Saji Thomas, Bhopal for www.ucanews.com
Asaram Bapu’s unexpectedly harsh sentence should encourage more victims to seek justice through the courts An Indian court has jailed a popular Hindu “godman” for life for raping a minor girl in a case that rights activists say could help revive people’s faith in the judiciary. A special court in the desert city of Jodhpur […]
Read More...Death penalty ‘won’t stop’ India’s child rape crisis
May 3, 2018 · By Saji Thomas, Bhopal for www.ucanews.com
Church leaders dismiss emergency law as knee-jerk reaction as archbishop calls for society to change mindset of offenders Church leaders doubt the effectiveness of India introducing the death penalty for child rape following a nationwide call for stringent laws to end the menace. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on April 22 promulgated an ordinance authorizing […]
Read More...Cardinal George Pell: Vatican treasurer faces historical sexual offences trial
May 2, 2018 · By Melissa Davey for www.theguardian.com
Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic and the controller of the Vatican’s finances in Rome, has pleaded not guilty after he was ordered to stand trial over historical sexual offence allegations. Pell has always denied the allegations against him, but it was the first time he had been required to enter a formal plea. […]
Read More...Venice man gets 330 years on child porn charges in ‘sex tourism’ trial
April 30, 2018 · By Bill Smith, [email protected] for www.news-press.com
A Venice man has been sentenced to 330 years in prison after being convicted on child pornography charges, for taking sex tourism trips to the Philippines, making videos of his sexual encounters with children as young as 6, and posting them on-line. David Paul Lynch was tried and found guilty late last year after an […]
Read More...How child-sex ring bust in Philippines helped close Backpage.com
April 27, 2018 · By EDOUARD MORTON for www.scmp.com
One of the world’s most notorious sex ads websites was shut down last week by US authorities, bringing to a head a years-long fight by anti-human trafficking activists to close the online classifieds network. But the seizure of Backpage, which formed far-reaching links across Asia using an illicit call centre business in the Philippines, marks […]
Read More...AMRSP STATEMENT ON SR. PATRICIA FOX, NDS ILLEGAL ARREST AND DETENTION BY THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
April 26, 2018 ·
The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines expresses its solidarity with Sr. Patricia Fox, NDS, in her work of proclaiming the good news of salvation and liberation to the poor and powerless. As religious and consecrated persons, we stand with her and all who do God’s mission of care and compassion for His […]
Read More...The Australian nun who makes Duterte’s blood boil
April 25, 2018 ·
Sister Patricia Fox says she fell in love with the Filipino people, especially their resilience and sense of humor She has been described as frail, old, skinny and weak, but she made the tough-talking leader of the Philippines seethe in public. “Who are you?” fumed President Rodrigo Duterte. “You do not have the right to […]
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