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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Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Teenage Ottawa Girl Found Guilty on 27 Charges Including Forced Prostitution of Minors

An Ottawa, Canada, teen has been found guilty of beating, drugging and threatening other girls to force them into prostitution.

Justice Diane Lahaie started delivering the verdict in an Ottawa courtroom around 9:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, going one by one through dozens charges in a process that was expected to take about two hours.

By the end, the 17-year-old had been found guilty of 27 charges, including procurement for the purpose of prostitution, human trafficking, making child pornography, sexual assault, child luring, uttering threats and unlawful confinement.
Media scrum after verdicts announced
She was acquitted of three charges, including assault, unlawful confinement and inciting someone to take a stupefying drug. Two other charges were withdrawn.

The court took a quick break near the beginning of the proceedings to allow the teen to compose herself after she broke down in tears, according to the CBC's Laurie Fagan.

The girl was 15 when she was arrested in June 2012 as the alleged ringleader of a violent pimping operation.

She pleaded not guilty at the outset of the trial in April 2013.

The Crown said it will pursue an adult sentence for the teen, now 17, after a psychiatric assessment.

One of the victim's mothers told reporters outside court that she's thankful for the efforts of police and Crown prosecutors. To protect her daughter's identity, the woman can't be named.

"My daughter is my hero, because anybody that's a victim of any sort that is brave enough to come up and tell their story in front of everyone is a hero, and she is my hero, and every one of those victims are my heroes," the mother said.

"Don't trust any kids out there. It's kind of sad, but make sure you know where your kids are. Make sure you know who your kids' friends are.... And if you have a gut feeling, follow it, because I've been living with that guilt for a while.

"It's over now, it's not my fault, I didn't do it, I couldn't protect my daughter. But she's going to survive, and by standing strong and saying what she said and telling her story, she is going to survive because of that."

In September, two other teen girls entered mid-trial guilty pleas for their roles in the prostitution ring.

None of the accused can be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

During the trial, three girls, between 13 and 17 years old at the time, described how they were delivered to johns and forced to hand over earnings for performing sex acts. 

Four other girls testified about their experiences. One described being photographed naked in a bathtub when she was too drunk to move.

The Crown did not pursue adult sentences for the two teen girls who pleaded guilty.

The youngest, who was 15 at the time of her arrest, pleaded guilty to three counts of human trafficking involving three girls, one count of making child pornography, one count of luring and one count of robbery.

Now 17, the girl was sentenced to the maximum three years in jail.

The oldest, who was 16 at the time of her arrest, pleaded guilty to one count of each human trafficking, robbery, uttering threats and breaching conditions. Lahaie rejected a joint sentencing submission from the Crown and defence that the teen be released with 12 months of time served and two years of probation.

That teen will undergo a psychological assessment before her sentencing. She is now 18.

How did these girls get so messed up that they would think they can do stuff like that? Please be praying my 3:15 PM prayer or your own version of it.

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