Everyday thousands of children are being sexually abused. You can stop the abuse of at least one child by simply praying. You can possibly stop the abuse of thousands of children by forwarding the link in First Time Visitor? by email, Twitter or Facebook to every Christian you know. Save a child or lots of children!!!! Do Something, please!

3:15 PM prayer in brief:
Pray for God to stop 1 child from being molested today.
Pray for God to stop 1 child molestation happening now.
Pray for God to rescue 1 child from sexual slavery.
Pray for God to save 1 girl from genital circumcision.
Pray for God to stop 1 girl from becoming a child-bride.
If you have the faith pray for 100 children rather than one.
Give Thanks. There is more to this prayer here

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Thursday, 17 July 2025

Migrants on the Move > Child Rapists deported to Africa from USA; Channel Crossing violence for women and girls

 

US deports ‘uniquely barbaric’ migrants to third country in Africa

The removals to Eswatini are to ensure that the deportees never harm another American, Homeland Security has said
US deports ‘uniquely barbaric’ migrants to third country in Africa











A US deportation flight carrying a group of immigrants from various countries has landed in Eswatini, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced.

In a statement late on Tuesday, the DHS said people deported to the tiny southern African nation are “so uniquely barbaric” that their home countries refused to take them back.

“We are removing these convicted criminals from our soil so they can never hurt another American victim,” it wrote on X.

The move comes just days after Washington removed eight people it labeled “barbaric criminal illegal aliens” to conflict-torn South Sudan. The men, one South Sudanese national and the others from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, and Vietnam, had been convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault, and robbery, and were either nearing the end of their prison sentences or had already completed them.

The latest flight to Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, carried five men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, convicted of crimes ranging from child rape to murder, according to DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

No doubt the king's bank account just swelled considerably. But what will happen when the Eswatini children start getting raped and murdered?

US President Donald Trump has reinstated a series of hardline immigration measures since returning to office in January.

Homeland Security moved to expand rapid deportations to third countries in February, prompting immigrant rights groups to file a class-action lawsuit on behalf of migrants facing removal without notice or a chance to plead their case.

Late last month, the US Supreme Court overturned an injunction on the removals by a Massachusetts district court judge, who had ruled that deporting immigrants to nations other than their home countries without due process “unquestionably” violated constitutional protections.

Todd Lyons, the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, stated in a memo last week that the agency may deport migrants to third countries with as little as six hours’ notice, even if officials have not provided assurances that they will not face persecution or torture.




Women and children face high risk of violence during Channel crossing


Europe
From the show

The 51%

In a special edition, we focus on the plight of migrants, particularly women and children who make the perilous journey from French shores to the UK. It is an issue that has redrawn Britain's political landscape. This as the number of migrants arriving on the UK southern coastline reach unprecedented levels. Britain and France have finalised a deal on how to reduce the numbers, with the UK accepting some asylum seekers but returning others to France.

We report on what conditions women and children face as they seek to make that incredibly risky crossing.

Annette Young also talks to Lucie Feutrier-Cook, a migration specialist, on the steps European governments need to take to deal with the crisis.

Plus we look at the difficulties migrant women have in reporting sexual violence.


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Wednesday, 16 July 2025

More CSA in the USA > Mom's boyfriend on trial for sexual affair with 13 y/o Madeleine Soto; Life W/o Parole for continuous CSA of 3 children under 14

 

Stephan Sterns to Appear in Osceola Court Today for Pre-Trial Hearing in Child Sex Abuse Case Connected to Madeline Soto




Stephan Sterns, the man accused of sexually abusing and later murdering 13-year-old Madeline Soto, is scheduled to appear in Osceola County court on Monday, July 14 at 9 a.m. for a motion hearing related to over 60 child sex abuse charges.

Madeline Soto's child sex abuse was not evil - Mom

The hearing will address two new motions, including a request by Sterns’ attorneys for him to appear without handcuffs or physical restraints.

Sterns is also charged with first-degree murder in Maddie Soto’s death. Soto’s body was found in a field in St. Cloud, a week after she was initially reported missing on February 26, 2024.

Investigators say Sterns, her mother’s then-boyfriend, was the last person to see her alive and was supposed to drop her off at school that morning.

The murder case is being tried separately and is currently scheduled for trial in September, according to court records.

Prosecutors announced they are seeking the death penalty if Sterns is convicted, citing the cruelty of the crime and Soto’s vulnerability.

Jury selection in the sex abuse case begins July 22, with opening arguments scheduled for July 25.




Life without parole in two county sex case


McLennan/Burnet County, Tx (FOX 44) – District attorneys in McLennan and Burnet counties teamed up in a trial that sent a man to prison for life without parole in a child sex case.

Angel Escalante was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14.

The case was presented in 33rd District Court in Burnet County.

McLennan County District Attorney Josh Tetens said back in 2023 two relatives of the 53-year-old Escalante made an outcry that he had sexually abused them over a period of years, with acts occurring in both Burnet and McLennan counties,

Ultimately, investigators determined that Escalante had sexually abused those two victims, as well as a third child, with the bulk of the abuse occurring in Burnet County.

Consequently, Escalante was charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Under 14 in Burnet County, and also with two counts of Indecency with a Child by Contact in McLennan County.

Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Under 14 carries a punishment range of 25 years to life and is one of only a few crimes in Texas that allows no possibility of parole.

Indecency with a Child by Contact carries a punishment range of 2 to 20 years in prison.

Because Burnet County had the more serious charge on Escalante, prosecutors elected to try that case first. Additionally, because Escalante’s cases in Burnet and McLennan Counties were so closely connected, prosecutors from the two jurisdictions decided to collaborate in trying Escalante.

During Escalante’s weeklong trial, prosecutors called all three of his victims to testify. Prosecutors also presented evidence from Detective Josh Day with the Burnet Police Department, Lisa Carson, a therapist from the Hill Country Advocacy Center, and Dr. Kerry Burkley, forensic interviewer and Associate Director of Waco’s Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children.

The investigation into Escalante’s case involved officers from the police departments in both Burnet and Waco, as well as deputies from the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office and investigators from Child Protective Services.


Burnet co., Tx


CSA in the USA > Young S.C. man arrested on 10 counts of child sexploitation; Pervert continued working for years in schools after being reported; Texas senior gets 25 years; Another Texan gets 50 years for harboring and sexually assaulting a 14 y/o runaway

 

Upstate man facing 10 child sex abuse charges

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PICKENS, S.C. (WSPA) An Upstate man has been charged with 10 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

The SC Attorney General’s Office announced Monday that 22-year-old Dallon Christopher Barnwell, of Pickens, was arrested in connection with a child sex abuse investigation.

The investigation was initiated when investigators received a Cybertip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The tip led authorities to Barnwell, who officials said had files of child sex abuse material.

Barnwell was arrested on Thursday, July 3, by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. Each offense he faces is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, according to authorities.

His case will be prosecuted by the SC Attorney General’s Office.




‘We blew that whistle, but nobody heard it’:

Why was a youth coach allowed to keep abusing

children after a 12-year-old reported him?


The first boy to report Aaron Hjermstad for sexual abuse stepped forward in 2015. The police investigated, but charges weren’t filed at the time. Hjermstad continued to coach and teach for years, preying on boys from predominantly Black schools.




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The young boys played video games, billiards, air hockey and Nerf basketball in their coach’s basement in Brooklyn Center. He gave them pizza, burgers, chips and soda. 

Sports memorabilia decorated the walls alongside trophies, medals and plaques from tournaments. A poster was inscribed with the boys’ basketball team name: “Kings of the Court.” They slept over the night before games. He took them to Timberwolves games, picked them up from school or home in a van for basketball practice. 

Staying at coach Aaron Hjermstad’s house seemed like a young boy’s paradise. But in order to participate, many of the boys endured a nightmare. Four of them reported to law enforcement that he had sexually abused them. Authorities say there could be more than 120 victims.

One of those boys was Jazz, who was an 11-year-old sixth grader when the abuse started during the 2014-2015 school year. 

He spent the night at Hjermstad’s home after a group trip to a Timberwolves game in 2014. Hjermstad told him that night that he should sleep in his room. The boy awoke in the middle of the night to find his hand forcibly placed on Hjermstad’s genitals.

A few months later, he woke up to find Hjermstad looking up his shorts with the light from a cell phone. Hjermstad was on the floor. When Jazz asked why, he said he had heard a noise and wanted to keep the boys safe. Jazz and other teammates stayed up all night that evening, fearing Hjermstad would touch them.

“I didn’t go to sleep because I thought of what happened last time,” Jazz, then 12, told a forensic interviewer who spoke with him in 2015 as part of a police investigation into the incident. “I stayed awake.”

Jazz did what he felt was right, what he thought would put a stop to the abuse — he told a trusted adult at his school, Excell Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn Park. The police investigated.

Then the unthinkable happened: Hjermstad, now 46, wasn’t charged. He got a new job at another charter school. He kept coaching and abusing children.

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Jazz, now 22, still has difficulty...




Bullard man gets 25 years for sexually assaulting children




Published: Jul. 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM PDT

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Bullard man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two young children and accepted a 25-year prison sentence.

Raywin Robert Lyons, 66, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child in Judge Kerry Russell’s courtroom on Monday.

Lyons and Melissa Branch were arrested in December after two girls made an outcry of sexual abuse in July 2024.

Branch was deemed incompetent to stand trial on June 24.




Beaumont man sentenced to 50 years for assault of missing teen that he helped search for

He helped hand out missing person fliers for the teen girl and told police during the search that he did not know where she was.

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont man who helped distribute fliers during the search for a missing 14-year-old girl in 2022 was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child.

John David Allen III, 47, appeared before Judge John Stevens in Criminal District Court, where he entered guilty pleas to the charges. Allen had been arrested in December 2022 after police found him harboring the missing Vidor teenager in a Beaumont home.



(EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video first aired in December 2022.)

Because Allen pleaded guilty, he has no right to appeal the sentence. Defense attorney Norman Reynolds represented Allen, while prosecutor Sonny Eckhart handled the case for the state.

The teenaged girl had been missing for more than three weeks before being found with Allen on Dec. 8, 2022. Police discovered the pair at a residence in the 3500 block of 10th Street in Beaumont after acting on a tip.

"Allen helped hand out missing person fliers, told them during the search that he did not know where she was," according to police reports from the initial investigation.

Allen faced enhanced punishment as a habitual offender due to prior convictions, including a 2001 burglary conviction in Orange County and a 2018 failure to register as a sex offender conviction in Dallas County. As a repeat offender, he could have received a sentence of life in prison or 25 to 99 years if found guilty at trial.

The plea agreement resulted in three charges being dropped: two additional counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of possession of child pornography. Allen received concurrent 50-year sentences on the two remaining charges.

Allen was initially arrested with help from Orange and Jefferson County deputies and Child Protective Services at approximately 11:15 a.m. on the day the girl was found. He was initially held on a charge of harboring a runaway with bond set at $50,000.