World News
Protesters march against India’s rape crisis
April 25, 2018 · By Saji Thomas, Bhopal for www.ucanews.com
As outrage grows over sexual assaults and murders of minor girls, people question the country’s culture of impunity Priests, nuns and lay Catholics were among thousands of people who joined a candlelight march in India to express solidarity with the nationwide outrage over gang rape and murders, especially of minor girls. About 1,500 people including […]
Read More...3 ex-U.S. Army soldiers convicted in murder of Filipina – reports
April 25, 2018 · By Rappler.com for www.rappler.com
‘This horrifying real-life murder-for-hire case included details usually seen in action movies,’ US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman says in a statement about the murder of Catherine Lee According to The New York Times, Joseph Hunter – a former US Army sergeant with Special Forces training – Adam Samia and Carl Stillwell were found guilty of […]
Read More...Applauding Legislation Targeting Online Sex Trafficking Becoming Law
April 24, 2018 ·
On Wednesday, Senator Corker, a leader in efforts to end modern slavery at home and abroad, applauded President Donald J. Trump for signing the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (H.R.1865) into law. The narrowly-crafted legislation will target online sex trafficking by providing victims the opportunity to seek justice […]
Read More...New Sex Tourism Bill will prevent paedophiles going abroad
April 24, 2018 · By James Ward for extra.ie
New laws that will prevent convicted paedophiles from travelling to developing countries where child sex trafficking is rife are to be considered in the Dáil. The Sex Tourism Bill from Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan has been backed by four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Fr Shay Cullen, whose organisation Preda have been campaigning for children’s rights […]
Read More...Brutal rape of 8-year-old in India: It is time for the Church to speak, says bishop
April 24, 2018 · By Harry Farley for www.christiantoday.com
Asifa Bano was, for several weeks after her death in early January, just another tragic victim of India’s systemic rape problem, where more than 100 women are raped each day. Now she is at the centre of a legal case that cuts to the core of India’s religious and political tensions. She is from the […]
Read More...‘Children’s lives have been taken from them’: Bill proposes to restrict foreign travel of convicted paedophiles
April 24, 2018 · By www.thejournal.ie
TDS HAVE BEEN urged today to support a new bill which proposes to curtail foreign travel of convicted paedophiles. If enacted, Ireland would be the first country in the European Union to restrict travel abroad of convicted child sex offenders. Today the People’s Recovery Empowerment Development Assistance Foundation (Preda) called for support for the bill, […]
Read More...Holiness means being loving, not boring, pope says
April 23, 2018 · By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service for www.catholicnews.com
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God calls all Christians to be saints — not plastic statues of saints, but real people who make time for prayer and who show loving care for others in the simplest gestures, Pope Francis said in his new document on holiness. “Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take away […]
Read More...Trump Signs Bill to Hold Websites Accountable for Sex Trafficking
April 20, 2018 · By Nicholas Wolfram Smith for www.ncregister.com
WASHINGTON — In a victory for prosecutors and victims of sex trafficking, President Donald Trump signed new legislation April 11 aimed at holding companies accountable for facilitating the purchase of human beings for sex. The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) had bipartisan support in Congress and passed both chambers […]
Read More...Mum-of-three avoids prison after sending child porn clip on WhatsApp to friend
April 20, 2018 · By Sarah-Jane Murphy and Isabel Hayes for www.independent.ie
A mother-of-three who forwarded a child pornography clip, showing an infant being raped by a man, has avoided jail. The recording showed a child, aged between two and five years old being raped by a man, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. Jadesola Agbalade (51) who is in temporary accommodation at Main Street, Ashbourne, Meath, pleaded […]
Read More...Record number of slavery victims referred in UK, says report
April 20, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
More than 5,000 potential victims of modern slavery and trafficking were referred to UK authorities last year, a record number, a report has revealed. The National Crime Agency said British nationals made up the highest number of cases for the first time, followed by people from Albania and Vietnam. The number of children thought to […]
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