Approaching Sodom - Advertising Goes Paedophilic; CNN's Stupidly Woke Moment; Bishop Leaves Ungodly Denomination; US Military Will Pay for Trans Bills

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Very Disturbing new advertising trends in Europe and Asia

Personne Fantome

26 August 2020

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The little girl in panties surrounded by birds is to promote the Venice exhibition in the photo we see write the title (he festival é donna) which means: ′′The festival is a woman"‼

Before car commercials it used to be with pretty sexy and limit women in their underwear, but today for an Audi commercial you don't put a little girl with a banana in her hands and title (lest your beat fan in every aspect) ) which means: ′′ Let your heart beat faster in every aspect ′′, and bikini ′′ mini-models ′′ are presented for Wuhan's car exhibition!! ️

Is the world in the hands of a pedophile clique?? Trying to normalize pedophilia?? But of course not, it's just coincidence!! ️

I'm not a Qanon follower but have been a conspiracy theorist for many years. I do believe there are godless people pulling the strings that move and shake the world. That they may be paedophiles is a possibility, but I'm not convinced! This, however, gives me cause for concern. What about you?

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‘Beyond farce’: CNN states there’s ‘no consensus criteria’

to determine a child’s sex at birth

31 Mar, 2021 14:29

Doctors the world over can take a glance and know a newborn baby’s sex, but CNN doesn’t seem to believe the science. In an article discussing a ban on transgender women in women’s sport, the liberal news site went full woke.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem issued two executive orders on Tuesday, banning young transgender women from competing in high school and college sports with biological women, declaring that “only girls should play girls’ sports.” Noem’s orders came after she declined to sign a bill on the issue for fear of litigation – a move that angered her conservative voters.

CNN took a dim view of Noem’s orders, calling them “transphobic.” In the same article, reporter Devan Cole stated matter-of-factly that “it’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.”

Come again? While gender identity is a thorny issue, and there is indeed no way of knowing what a child will grow up to identify as, assigning a baby’s sex at birth is not a complex process, and takes only a quick peek. While some super-woke activists want to change this and do away with the idea of labeling children male or female altogether, the overwhelming majority of medical professionals assign sex this way, except in the 0.018 percent of births that are intersex.

Commenters online ripped into CNN. “This is beyond farce,” conservative talk show host Jason Rantz tweeted. “This is CNN.”

“10 years ago, you would never have been allowed to write something so nuts at CNN,” another Twitter user chimed in, accusing the news network of denying “reality” itself.

CNN is far from the only news outlet embracing the rhetoric of the woke gender theorists, but it has embraced it with gusto. With Wednesday marking International Transgender Day of Visibility, the site published articles advising readers “how to be a good ally,” and which books to read to help defy “outdated rules of gender.”

On the other side of the aisle, Noem is not the only Republican to ban transgender athletes from female sports. The governors of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas all signed similar bills into law this month. Arkansas’ Republican-controlled legislature has also passed a bill that would forbid minors from receiving gender transition procedures. 

CNN described these procedures as “life-saving medical care,” seemingly ignoring the research that most children “grow out” of their transgender identity, as well as some studies that indicate that those who transition have a higher likelihood of suicide afterwards.

These numbers are not trivial - 70-80% of gender-confused children normalize after puberty. What's really frightening is that 51% of girls who transition to boys will attempt suicide while still in their youth. I suspect that percentage will increase as 21st-century xgenders age.

Former Episcopal bishop punished for not allowing gay marriages in diocese leaves denomination

By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

The Rt. Rev. William Love, IX Bishop of Albany, gives his address at the 152nd annual Diocesan Convention on Oct. 24, 2020. | YouTube/Episcopal Diocese of Albany

A bishop of The Episcopal Church who was punished for refusing to allow the blessing of same-sex marriages in his diocese has decided to leave the mainline Protestant denomination.

William H. Love, former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, was disciplined last year for refusing to enforce a church resolution mandating the blessing of gay marriages in every diocese, including those previously opposed to the practice.

In a statement released Wednesday, Love explained that he was leaving the Episcopal Church effective April 2 and planning to join the Anglican Church in North America, a more theologically conservative denomination.

That's a statement that may not be well supported with facts. The Anglican Church in N America and Europe has been struggling with these concepts for decades. It is only the African Anglican Church that is truly conservative.

“As a cradle Episcopalian (with nearly 30 years of ordained ministry as a deacon, priest and bishop), that was not an easy decision, but given all that has transpired these past couple of years and the constraints placed upon me as a theologically conservative and orthodox bishop within TEC, I believe it is the right decision,” wrote Love.

“It is my hope and plan to be received into the Anglican Church in North America in the very near future, at which time all the details of what I will be doing and where I will be serving will be shared in a separate announcement.”

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, leader of the denomination, released a statement in response to the announcement, explaining that he had granted Love's request.

Without specifically mentioning the issue of same-sex marriage, Curry went on to argue that his belief was that “as a church we are called, as Jesus once said, to be ‘a house of prayer for all people,’ where, as my slave ancestors used to sing, ‘there is plenty good room for all of God’s children.’”

Perhaps a re-defining of the term 'God's Children' is what is needed here.

“That conviction is not based on a social theory or capitulation to the ways of the culture. Rather, it is born of my belief that the outstretched arms of Jesus on the cross are the ultimate sign of the very love of God reaching out to embrace and welcome us all,” stated Curry.

“To believe that is to commit to God’s work of creating what some have called the beloved community. It is to pray not only with our lips but with our lives, as Jesus taught when he said, ‘thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’”

In July 2018, the Episcopal Church General Convention passed Resolution B012, which mandated that all dioceses must bless same-sex unions — despite being in conflict with the biblical standard of marriage — even ones where leadership objects.

While the resolution allowed clergy to refuse to perform same-sex weddings, it also required bishops who oppose gay marriage rites to let another bishop provide pastoral support for the same-sex couple as well as clergy for the ceremony.

In addition to the Diocese of Albany, the resolution impacted the dioceses of Dallas, Texas, North Dakota, Springfield, Illinois, Tennessee, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Diocese of Florida, and the Diocese of Central Florida.

That November, Love released an open letter stating that he was not going to enforce the resolution in his diocese, stating that he believed Jesus Christ “is calling the Church to have the courage to speak His Truth in love about homosexual behavior – even though it isn't politically correct.”

“Sexual relations between two men or two women was never part of God's plan and is a distortion of His design in creation and as such is to be avoided,” stated Love in the 2018 letter.

“To engage in sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and women, is against God's will and therefore sinful and needs to be repented of, NOT encouraged or told it is ok.”

And certainly not blessed! Can people practicing what God calls 'an abomination' possibly be called 'His children'?

In January 2019, Presiding Bishop Curry officially restricted Love’s ministry and last October, a disciplinary panel concluded that Love had violated canon law by opposing the resolution.

The Title IV Hearing Panel, created to focus on issues of ecclesiastical discipline when a member of clergy is accused of misconduct, released a unanimous opinion at the time finding Love guilty.

“Love’s actions in issuing a Pastoral Direction to his clergy that they refrain from performing same-sex marriages violated the Discipline and Worship of the Church as Bishop Love promised in his ordinal vows. His actions, therefore, constitute a breach of Canon IV.3.2(a),” ruled the panel last October.

The panel added that Resolution B012 allowed for bishops and clergy who oppose same-sex marriage to be exempted from blessing such unions, as long as a replacement could be found.

“Importantly, an accommodation is offered to diocesan bishops who oppose same-sex marriage to invite another bishop into the diocese to provide pastoral support for same-sex couples who seek to be able to utilize the rites in their local congregation or worshipping community,” continued the panel.

So, a Bishop can call another Bishop and get him to commit the abomination in his church. Sounds very immature and godless.

US military’s new transgender policy will pay troops’ transition bills

31 Mar, 2021 17:36 / Updated 1 hour ago

FILE PHOTO: A US Army soldier participates in a training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, August 27, 2019 © Reuters / Bryan Woolston

After President Biden lifted Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people joining the military, the Pentagon is set to unveil its new transgender policy. The military will now reportedly handle the medical bills of trans personnel.

Biden overturned Trump’s ban in January, with a White House statement at the time saying that “gender identity should not be a bar to military service.” Trump announced a ban on new transgender recruits in 2017, citing “tremendous medical costs” and “disruption.” After two years of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the ban in 2019, which, by that stage, had been watered down from a blanket ban to a requirement for troops to serve as their birth gender, and a prohibition on transitioning while in service.

However, two months after Biden lifted the restrictions, the Pentagon is due to publish its updated transgender policy later on Wednesday.

The new policy will allow transgender people to enlist and serve openly as their preferred gender, an AP report revealed. Citing anonymous Pentagon officials, the report stated that, under the new rules, transgender service personnel will be entitled to “medically necessary transition-related care.”

What level of “transition-related care” would be deemed medically necessary is still unclear. Fully transitioning can cost upwards of $100,000, while individual procedures can also come with shocking price tags. Breast surgery for male-to-female patients can cost $9,000, and genital surgery – a six-hour procedure – can cost more than $25,000. Doctors do not always recommend such drastic procedures, however, and hormone therapy typically costs a more modest $50 to $250 a month.

Transgender people had been barred from military service in the US since the 1960s, until Barack Obama lifted that restriction in 2016.

Estimates on the number of transgender people serving in the military vary greatly. Though some studies place the figure as high as 15,000, the findings of a 2016 study by the RAND Corporation global policy think tank are most commonly cited. It estimated that, at the time, between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals were on active duty, and between 830 and 4,160 on reserve duty.

Of course, those numbers will climb significantly if the military are going to pay all the costs of transitioning. I suspect they will need to limit the number of people transitioning at one time in order to keep the military functional.

Today's USA Pervs and Pedos List > Troubling Stories with 2 Children Shot, a 3rd's Throat Slit by Her Mom; Porn Video to Grade 2s

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Spring breakers arrested for allegedly drugging,

raping woman who later died

By Tamar Lapin

March 22, 2021 | 7:22pm 

Two North Carolina men in Miami over spring break were arrested for allegedly drugging and raping a 24-year-old woman who was found dead in her hotel room, authorities said Monday.

Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, are also accused of stealing the unconscious woman’s credit cards and using them during their South Beach vacation, the Miami Herald reported.

Both men were caught on surveillance footage entering the Albion Hotel with the impaired victim, a Pennsylvania resident, around 1 a.m. Thursday, police said.

“[Taylor] was holding her from behind, holding her by the neck so she could stand,” Miami Beach Detective Luis Alsina testified during a bond hearing Monday, according to the Herald.

Police said each of the men had sex with the victim at the hotel and, at one point, Taylor allegedly forced himself on her as she appeared to be unconscious.

“The fact that the victim was under the influence of alcohol and narcotics, she could not have consented to sex with the defendants,” the police report states.

While their victim was passed out, the men snatched her credit cards, phone and cash and left her in the room “without any concern for her welfare or safety,” the report alleges.

Do we know the victim was passed out and not already dead?

First responders discovered the woman “semi nude” and dead in the room’s bed later Thursday.

Cops were able to track down Collier — who fit the description of one of the men in the surveillance footage — on Saturday in an area that’s recently been packed with partying spring breakers.

He allegedly confessed that he and his pal had met the woman at a local restaurant and that Taylor gave her a “green pill,” the police report said.

Collier told police he believed the drug was Percocet, a powerful pain reliever, Alsina testified in court.

He allegedly said “that he went along with [Taylor] as they planned to have sex with the victim,” the report said.

Both men, who are from Greensboro, were booked into a Miami-Dade jail on Sunday.

Charges against them include burglary with battery, sexual battery, petty theft and the fraudulent use of a credit card.

What about rape, drugging?

Investigators are still trying to determine the victim’s cause of death and whether it was due to an overdose from the pill supplied by the men. If that’s the case, the two could also potentially face manslaughter or murder charges, the Herald reported.

6-y/o Texas girl fatally shot over clogged toilet

By Joshua Rhett Miller, NY Post

March 22, 2021 | 2:03pm 

A 6-year-old girl was gunned down in Texas by a man during an argument over a clogged toilet, police said.

Raymeon Means, 35, has been charged with capital murder in the Friday shooting at an apartment complex in Pasadena — where a girl identified in reports by her mother as Laurionne Walker was shot during a dispute over spilled water from the backed-up toilet, police said.

“The toilet was stopped up and the water spilled out, so it was overflowing and that was what set him off I guess,” Pasadena police spokeswoman Jessica Ramirez told The Post Monday.

Means has been identified as a relative of the girl in some reports, but Ramirez said he’s not related to Laurionne. The girl’s mother and his sister are “really good friends,” close enough that some people mistook them for being family members, Ramirez said.

Means’ sister had been watching the girl at the woman’s apartment as her mother attended a vigil for a woman and three children who died in a crash in Spring the previous weekend. The girl’s mother is the aunt of three young victims, KTRK reported.

Means, who was arrested later Friday, was spotted at the residence just before the shooting, another resident told KPRC.

“He knocked on the door and he was like, ‘Oh, can you check if you have water coming down because the little girl clogged the toilet,” neighbor Maurico Alvarez said.

The man then left and other neighbors started arguing, Alvarez recalled.

“He went running upstairs and we heard like four, five shots and he started running, and we started hearing screams,” Alvarez told KPRC.

Laurionne was later pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.

An online fundraiser set up to help offset the girl’s funeral costs had eclipsed $14,000 as of Monday.

“I’m at a loss for words right now, I’m still choked up right now,” Laurionne’s grandmother, Earline House, told KPRC. “My granddaughter was still a baby. She got shot twice in the chest this morning.”

Means is originally from Haiti, but is a US citizen. He appeared for a probable cause hearing early Sunday on the capital murder charge and was denied bond, KTRK reported.

If convicted, Means could face the death penalty, but it’s unclear if prosecutors intend to seek that, according to the station.

Maryland mom slashed 3-year-old daughter’s throat with scissors, cops say

By Kenneth Garger, NY Post

March 30, 2021 | 1:13am 

A Maryland mother allegedly slashed her 3-year-old daughter’s neck with a pair of scissors — then turned the blade on herself on Saturday, police said.

The suspect, Anne Akers, 28, was hit with an attempted murder charge for the alleged attack inside her home in the Wheaton-Glenmont neighborhood near Washington, DC, police said.

A relative called police that morning when she went to the house and found blood on the floor, according to Montgomery County Police.

Cops responded to the house and found Akers, holding a blanket, on a bedroom floor with a wound to her throat. The cops then tried to treat Akers’ wound and pulled off the blanket she was holding, cops said.

Underneath, they found her 3-year-old daughter with a “life-threatening” cut on her neck, authorities said. The toddler was rushed to a local hospital via helicopter, where she is expected to survive.

The mother was hit with a number of charges for the alleged slashing, including attempted murder.

12 y/o Florida boy was abducted, shot in the face by pervert

By Jesse O’Neill, NY Post

March 29, 2021 | 8:35pm

Police on Monday released graphic new details in the sickening abduction, sexual assault and shooting of a 12-year-old boy in South Florida on Saturday.

The victim was forced inside a black sedan by the attacker, after sneaking out of his house to hang out with friends in the Miami suburb of Brownsville at 2:30 a.m., police said, according to NBC 6.

The assailant activated the car’s child locks — preventing the victim from escaping — then drove to a vacant lot and sexually assaulted him in the back of the car, according to the report.

When the boy eventually fought the creep off, the man shot in him the face and pushed him out of the car, police told the station.

Blinded by the bullet wound, the boy encountered a bicyclist who led him to a business where they called 911.

“The young boy says he couldn’t see at the time. He had lost his sight and he was using his touch to find his way around trying to seek help,” Miami-Dade Police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta reportedly said.

Surveillance footage showed him covered in blood and collapsing before cops arrived, the station reported.

Officials said the boy is now on the road to recovery, but if the bullet had gone a millimeter in either direction, he would not have survived.

“He still has a long way ahead as far as his recovery is concerned,” Zabaleta said. “It’s devastating to know that this individual, not only did he have to live the traumatic incident of being sexually assaulted, but then at the same time be shot in the face.”

The rapist and attempted murderer — described as a tall man with long curly hair — is still on the streets, cops said.

“The longer this individual is out there, the longer that our children in that area are not safe,” Zabaleta said. “For somebody to cross their mind to sexually assault a 12-year-old, it clearly is sickening, there is no other way of thinking about it.”

UPDATE  30 Mar 2021

MIAMI (CBSMIAMI)

Arrest made in abduction, sexual assault, shooting of 12-year-old Miami-area boy

An arrest has been made in the case involving a 12-year-old boy who was abducted, sexually assaulted and then shot in the Brownsville area of Miami.

A source familiar with the investigation told CBS4’s Jim DeFede that a 43-year-old male was taken into custody at around 6:30 p.m. Police confirmed that the man’s name is Aliex Santiesteban.

The source said police got a DNA match from the victim.

Erect penis shown to 2nd grade schoolchildren in cartoon about fear,

parents demand explanation

30 Mar, 2021 20:43

Parents of children at a Connecticut elementary school were left outraged after learning their kids were shown a cartoon depicting mental and physical processes surrounding fear – including an extended shot of an erect penis.

The children in Greenwich, Connecticut public school district, were subjected to a weird and age-inappropriate cartoon about fear. The cartoon, which featured two anthropomorphized owls as stand-ins for children, described certain fear-inducing situations, many of which centered around their human parents. The inter-species family members were shown fighting, drinking, and in one case standing next to the children, nude, with an erect penis for several uncomfortable seconds.

Schools superintendent Dr. Toni Jones apologized to angry parents in an email on Tuesday, explaining the cartoon was probably meant for a private therapy session for traumatized children, rather than the entire second grade student body. “The content at this point in the video was not appropriate for our [Greenwich Public School] second grade classrooms,” she explained, also apologizing for “any questions or concerns this may have raised for children.”

Conservative political commentator Carl Higbie, whose children attend the school but not that particular class, has called for someone to be fired over the snafu, even demanding “everyone involved” preserve emails, texts, and other “records” of the incident as he has filed a Freedom of Information Act request in an effort to get to the bottom of it.

“The two possibilities of how this happened are; 1. The teachers didn’t care enough to review this before playing it or 2. They thought it was OK… in both cases these folks have no business teaching our kids,” the “meat eating, gun toting” commentator told Gateway Pundit on Tuesday, adding on Twitter that “this is not OK!!!!” and promising he would not rest until the person responsible was fired.

Several commenters jumped into Higbie’s tweets to stand up for the school, however, insisting that “you are all getting half a story. This was an accident and the parents understand that.”

“Why are you all so excited at the idea of locking up a school teacher who is BELOVED by the kids?” one commenter demanded to know, suggesting it was one teacher in particular who had been responsible for screening the video – apparently by accident.

And, how long was the accident allowed to continue? Pedophiles are often beloved by people around them, it's part of the grooming process. 

The video was shared during a lesson on “social and emotional learning” to families in two second grade classrooms, according to local outlet Greenwich Free Press.

This Week's Catholic Pervs and Paedos List > Biden Priest Investigated; French Bishops to Pay; NZ Catholic Church Apologizes

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Biden Inauguration Priest Under Investigation in California: University

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and his wife, Jill Biden, center, stand with heads bowed as the Rev. Kevin O'Brien says the blessing during a Thanksgiving meal for Wounded Warriors in Washington on Nov. 22, 2010.

(Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

US NEWS

BY JACK PHILLIPS

March 19, 2021

A priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden is under investigation, according to a statement from Santa Clara University this week.

The university confirmed that the school’s president, Father Kevin O’Brien, is being investigated for “exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries.”

School officials did not elaborate on the nature of the investigation and provided few details about O’Brien’s “exhibited behaviors.”

“I write to you with an important update. I have been informed by the Provincial of the USA West Province that the Jesuit Provincial Office recently received accounts that Father O’Brien exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,” the school added. “An independent investigation into these accounts is being conducted on behalf of the USA West Province and the conclusions of the Province’s process will be shared with the Santa Clara University Board of Trustees.”

As a result, O’Brien “was placed on leave from his position as University President for the duration of the investigation by the USA West Province consistent with its protocols” and “has agreed to cooperate fully with the investigation and honor the process that he affirms annually as part of his ongoing Jesuit training.”

O’Brien presided over a Mass for Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, their families, and leaders of Congress during the president’s Jan. 20 inauguration. It was held at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C.

According to reports, O’Brien, described as a longtime Biden family friend, presided over services for Biden’s inaugurations when he was vice president. He previously served at Georgetown University, another Jesuit college.

Tracey Primrose, a spokesperson for the Jesuits West Province, told the San Jose Mercury News: “Jesuits are held to a professional code of conduct, and the Province investigates allegations that may violate or compromise established boundaries … As with any organization, the Jesuits West Province has confidentiality practices, which is why I cannot provide any additional information regarding this matter.”

The university says O’Brien joined the Society of Jesus—whose members are known as Jesuits—in 1996. He was ordained into the priesthood in 2006. He has been president of Santa Clara University since 2019.

Santa Clara University has an annual undergraduate enrollment of approximately 5,500 students. Democratic California Govs. Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown are counted among its alumni.

French bishops to pay compensation to child sex-abuse victims

for church’s ‘crimes and shortcomings’

26 Mar, 2021 17:59

Installation of Matthieu Rougé as bishop of Nanterre diocese in Sainte Geneviève cathedral, Nanterre, France.

© Getty Images / Godong

Weeks after its own truth-finding commission uncovered at least 10,000 victims of clerical sex abuse going back 70 years, senior French bishops have agreed to award lump-sum payments to victims, to take “responsibility.”

Citing the need to take responsibility “with regards to the past, the present and the future,” the French Catholic Church on Friday agreed to award an undisclosed amount as “financial contribution” to the thousands of victims of clerical sex abuse.

The announcement was made at a video press conference after the annual spring meeting of the French bishops’ conference (CEF) in Lourdes ended Friday evening. Church officials said that they wanted to “recognize its responsibility to society by asking forgiveness for these crimes and shortcomings.”

What about their responsibility to God?

CEF president Monsignor Eric de Moulins-Beaufort said the payments “are neither a compensation nor a reparation” while vice-president Monsignor Olivier Leborgne noted that the money would be set up in the form of a lump sum and financed by a dedicated endowment.

Leborgne added that an independent advisory panel would examine requests and decide on the amounts to be disbursed based on the extent of available funds.

In 2019, the bishops were forced to backtrack after an earlier decision to award a lump sum to each victim was met with criticism from church members and some victims.

Prior to the conference, which saw some 200 senior bishops in attendance, CEF spokesperson Vincent Neymon had said there would be a closed-door debate on resolutions on the issue of child sex abuse. This would “allow the French Church to enter a new era,” Neymon explained.

In recent weeks, the need for action had heightened after the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) – a Church-funded investigatory body – estimated that French Catholic clergy could have abused at least 10,000 children and other vulnerable individuals since 1950.

CIASE president Jean-Marc Sauvé had said at the time that it had already received 6,500 testimonies, concerning as many as 3,000 different victims. He expected the number to rise as more victims came forward, based on the number of calls to a hot-line set up for those who suffered and other witnesses.

A formal report addressing compensation is expected to be published in September. Its conclusions and recommendations will have to be understood and integrated not only by the bishops, but “by everyone in the Church,” Neymon had said.

Reacting to Friday's decision, Olivier Savignac of the Faith and Resilience group said he was "satisfied" with the proposals, particularly the Church's recognition of its responsibility, saying "the terms admit both an active and passive complicity."

New Zealand’s Catholic Church apologises for ‘systems and culture’

that allowed historic abuse to occur

26 Mar, 2021 11:17

FILE PHOTO. Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New Zealand - February 15, 2015: St Mary's Roman Catholic Basilica, opened in 1905, was once described as the "prettiest church in Australasia" and is a dominant Invercargill landmark. © Getty Images / Craig Pershouse

New Zealand’s Catholic Church issued an apology on Friday to people who suffered abuse in faith-based institutions, admitting the “systems and culture” failed to protect them, and declaring that the religious body “must change.”

The formal apology, delivered by Cardinal John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand, was made at the country’s Royal Commission into Abuse in Care. 

“Recognising the importance of this moment, I apologise to you, on behalf of the bishops and congregational leaders of the Catholic Church,” Dew said in a statement. 

We acknowledge that the systems and culture of the Church allowed abuse to occur. These systems and culture failed you and must change.

During his testimony, Dew did not outline what steps the Catholic Church is planning to take in New Zealand to address the “harm” that was caused or ensure that similar abuse cannot occur in the future. 

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care was launched in 2018, investigating “what happened to children, young people and vulnerable adults in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions.”

Previously, the commission has found that up to 256,000 young people between the 1960s and early 2000s, almost 40% of those in care during the period, were physically and/or sexually abused. 

The initial report from the commission was described as a “difficult read” by New Zealand minister Chris Hipkins, as it outlined in detail accounts by survivors of abuse, examining evidence and research to allow the government to improve the country’s care services.

Again, no consideration of how much they failed God, or how they are planning on making themselves right in His eyes. These 'men of God' failed Him miserably and there is not a word of repentance. It's not culture and systems that need changing, it's hearts and the fear of God.

These numbers are very concerning - 256,000 apparent young victims in a population of less than 5 million. France, on the other hand, seems to think they only have 10,000 victims in a population of 67 million. 13.4 times as many people but only 4% of the number of victims. I think France has a shocking revelation coming.

Pervs and Paedos on the Indian Sub-Continent and Persian Gulf > Two Little Girls Raped and Murdered; 13 y/o Tortured and Murdered by Dad

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Justice for Hareem Fatima: 3-year-old raped and killed in Kohat

by Ali Gulrez  Mar 26, 2021

in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Social media is trending with #JusticeForHareem as netizens demand justice for Hareem Fatima, a three-year-old minor girl raped and killed in Kohat District of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.

According to the details, the three-year-old Hareem Fatima was a resident of Khattak Colony and went outside to play with other children but never returned home. The minor girl’s family along with other locals began to search for the child and discovered her body near a nullah (ravine, or dry river bed) the next day.

The police were informed about the incident and the body of the minor girl was sent for autopsy which confirmed that Hareem had been raped before murdered. A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered by the child’s father against unidentified individuals and investigation is underway.

 

The incident caused widespread panic among the locals who demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. Furthermore, the matter went viral on social media sparking outrage among netizens who started trending the hashtag #JusticeForHareem and #JusticeForHareemFatima to demand justice for Hareem Fatima, the three-year-old minor girl raped and killed in Kohat.

Society can live with kufr but not with injustice.

Kufr means disbelief or ingratitude. In this particular, it might mean that the perpetrator has no fear of God, or that he has no appreciation for God's blessings, like Hareem.

Justice For Momina Larik: 7-year-old raped and killed in Khairpur

by Shazeya Daudpota 

Jan 11, 2021 

 

KHAIRPUR: Twitter is trending with #JusticeForMominaLarik with people demanding justice for Momina Larik, a seven-year-old was raped and brutally murdered in Pir Jo Goth village in Khairpur District.

This is not the first case of child abuse nor it will be the last, our society is full of savages who don’t see age or gender. They are predators just waiting for their prey, whoever it may be.

The story of Momina Larik is no different than any other little angel who has been a victim of sexual assault. The seven-year-old minor girl was abducted, raped and brutally murdered near Pir Jo Goth in Khairpur District of Sindh.

The case of Momina Larik has just begun to emerge as people have started raising the issue on social media while demanding justice for this heinous crime.

The body of the minor girl has been taken for postmortem while investigation into the case has been initiated by authorities who are collecting evidence in the case.

The cases of child abuse are on the rise in the country as countless number of little girls and boys have fallen victim to sexual assault. The public each time demands justice but the voices fade away with time but unfortunately the little victims hardly get the justice they deserve.

The victim-blaming society along with the lack of punishment for these monsters fuel their ego and gives them courage to go out and commit such atrocities on the weak and helpless.

The case of Momina Larik is developing and updates will be shared as soon as they are available.

This case has not been highlighted by any major media outlet of Pakistan despite the trending hashtag #JusticeForMominaLarik on Twitter with people demanding justice for Momina Larik.

The parents of the young victim are pleading for justice. The pain they must be going through after losing their little girl is unimaginable. The public knows justice is never served here and countless little souls have went through same agony and at such a tender age.

Sudan father kills daughter for visiting friend without permission

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He broke her feet before killing her; unclear why suspect has not been arrested so far

Published:  March 27, 2021 16:33

Tawfiq Nasrallah, Senior News Editor, Gulf News

Dubai: A Sudanese father has allegedly shot his 13-year-old daughter three times causing her to bleed to death after she requested to transfer schools to study with her friends, local media reported.

Samah Al Hadi was forced to stay at home by her father who allegedly assaulted her and broke her feet before shooting her to death after she left home to visit a friend. The incident took place last week.

She was later buried without an autopsy, according to reports.

Neighbours of the family told local media the father was known to physically abuse his children.

Khartoum police opened an official investigation into Al Hadi’s death, amid anger that her father has not been arrested.

The murder sparked outrage in Sudan and has renewed calls for greater protection for women and girls.

Social media users have called for the father’s arrest using the hashtag #MyFatherKilledMe.

It is unclear why the alleged suspect has not been arrested.

In some Muslim societies, such action by the father would be considered right and proper.

An online petition calling for a proper investigation of the alleged murder has attracted more than 1,800 signatures.

Today's Global Pervs and Paedos > Man Rapes Daughter for Years; Dublin Predator; Trans Sex Worker Very Messed Up; Welsh CSAM Addict; Sick Scots Pensioner

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Singapore man admits to rape, sexual abuse of daughter as a child

He showed girl, now 13, pornographic videos and also preyed on her best friend

Selina Lum

Law Correspondent, Straits Times

PUBLISHED4 HOURS AGO

Time and again over 71/2 years, a man sexually assaulted his daughter when his wife was not at home, a court was told. This started when she was three, and he started raping her after she was nine.

The man, a permanent resident from a European country, regularly showed pornographic videos to her, including one of a child having sex with her father. He even preyed on his daughter's best friend, then nine years old, when she came over to play.

The abuse came to light after the friend was asked to confess her sins before taking her first communion as a Catholic.

Yesterday, the man, who worked here as a product manager, pleaded guilty in the High Court to three counts of rape. The man, 44, and now divorced, cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victims' identities.

He will be sentenced on April 19.

Another 19 charges will be considered in sentencing, including four charges of rape and three charges of sexual assault by penetration.

Seeking 30 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane, Deputy Public Prosecutor Yvonne Poon said the man fell utterly short of his roles as the protector and guardian of the girl, now aged 13. "She tolerated years of abuse despite knowing what the accused did to her was wrong, and disliking it; she obeyed him each time he wheedled her into compliance... and she continues to write him letters now, while he is in remand, to tell him that she loves and misses him," she said.

Defence counsel Amarjit Singh Sidhu sought 24 to 26 years' jail. "He concedes that what he did was wrong... It was deplorable," he said.

The court heard that the abuse started at the end of 2011 in the family's rented condominium.

The prosecutor told the court that the girl became afraid of showering alone after she saw people drowning on TV, which led to the man showering with her. He developed a sexual desire for the girl, realised he was a paedophile and there was "no turning back". He sexually exploited her.

After the family moved to another condominium, the abuse became more frequent, the court heard. While the girl's mother was at work or out of the country, he showed child pornography to the girl and carried out various sexual acts on her. The girl said "no" when he wanted to have sex with her, but he told her to try for a few minutes.

She did not tell anyone about the assaults as she did not want her parents to divorce.

When the girl's best friend, a foreigner who lived in the same condominium, came over, he kissed the friend on the lips and told her to keep it a secret, the court was told. Once, he molested both girls at the same time, touching each victim with one hand.

Eventually, the friend stopped coming over. She was in her home country in mid-2019 when she "confessed" that the man had behaved inappropriately with her in 2017. Her parents took her to make a police report when they returned to Singapore.

On July 1, 2019, the police went to the man's home and, after speaking to his daughter who was alone at home, found out about the sexual abuse. The man was later arrested.

The man estimated that he had sex with his daughter 10 to 20 times. He also said he had forced her to perform oral sex on him more often than he raped her.

I would bet it was closer to 100 times he raped her. Very few paedophiles are known for telling the truth.

I also suspect that he is a Muslim as he didn't rape his daughter, nor touch her friend, until both were 9 years old. The same age as Aisha when Mohammed raped her. 

While he was diagnosed with paedophilic disorder by the Institute of Mental Health, the IMH said the disorder had "no substantive contributory link" to his criminal liability as his cognitive functioning and his capability to break the law to act on his desires were not significantly impaired.

Sex offender led Garda on high speed chase with teenage boy in his car

26/03/2021 | 17:59 PM

DECLAN BRENNAN

Breaking News

A convicted sex offender had a teenage boy in the front seat of his car when stopped by gardaí four days after receiving a suspended prison sentence for child abuse.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that on July 21st 2020, Kevin Brazil (51) led gardaí on a high speed car chase through a residential area before stopping the car.

When asked about the then 16-year-old boy in the car with him Brazil told gardaí “I knew the way this would look”.

He told gardaí that four days previously he had received a suspended sentence for sexual assault. Brazil had pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of a 12-year-boy in the city on a number of occasions between April and June 2002.

And for that he got a suspended sentence? Are you sure he didn't get a gold watch?

DPP file

At that hearing last July the court heard that in 2002 Brazil admitted to garda investigators that he had sexually abused the boy, but no file was sent forward to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). This investigation was revived in 2016 when the victim again went to gardaí.

Brazil of Wainsfort Manor Grove, Terenure, Dublin was sentenced in 2004 for 16 counts of sexual assault of another boy between March 2000 and July 2002. He received a sentence of three years imprisonment with the final year suspended.

Last July Judge Elma Sheahan said that if the original complaint in 2002 been properly prosecuted, Brazil would not be facing these charges at that point in time.

She said that if not for “the unconscionable delay of the state” a custodial sentence would be inevitable and suspended a three-year prison term on condition that he keep the peace and be of good behaviour.

Dangerous driving convictions

On Thursday Detective Garda Michael McGrath told Judge Sheahan that Brazil has since been convicted of three counts of dangerous driving in Dublin district court.

He told the court that on the night of July 21st last he was on mobile patrol at Fortunestown lane in Tallaght when he observed a car turning abruptly into a housing estate. Gardaí followed the car, which then picked up speed.

The car travelled into a cul-de-sac and the driver then started making a three point turn. Gardai activated the blue lights and siren of the patrol car, but the car failed to stop and mounted a pavement to get past the patrol car, narrowly avoiding a collision with the garda car.

The defendant's car then drove at speed through a housing estate, driving down the wrong side of a road and pulling out of a junction without stopping.

Dt Gda McGrath said the car then came to a halt and when gardaí approached the driver he identified himself. Brazil was shaking and told them “I'm sorry garda, I didn't know it was you”.

“I knew the way it would look to gardaí,” he said and told gardaí about the conviction for child sexual assault. The court heard that the teenage boy was referred to the Garda protective services unit and interviewed by child specialist interviewers.

Antonia Boyle BL told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions is applying to the court to have the suspended portion of the July sentence revoked.

Brazil is currently serving a prison term of two and a half years imposed in the Central Criminal Court for sexual assault of a 12-year-old boy in 2002. This sentence was imposed last January.

Judge Sheahan said that she wanted to consider the totality of matters before the court and adjourned the case to March 25th next year.

Jail for Dublin sex worker found with thousands of

'depraved' child abuse images

26 Mar 2021

Carlow Live

A sex worker found to be in possession of thousands of “depraved” child abuse images has been jailed for three years.

Bruno Binda De Souza, also known as Bruna Meirelles, (31) a transgender Brazilian woman, said she was introduced to child pornography by a client while using the drug crystal meth.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard De Souza is married to an Irish man but has let her application to remain in Ireland lapse and will be deported when her sentence finishes.

De Souza, formerly of Brabazon Hall, Cork Street, Dublin 8, pleaded guilty to four counts of possession child pornography on a Mac Book and three iPhones, five counts of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography on three dates between December 2017 and July 2020.

The court heard the production counts refer to the production of text documents in the form of messaging conversations in which child sexual activity was discussed between De Souza and other parties. Illegal images of children were also shared by De Souza via WhatsApp.

Detective Garda Martin Allen told the court some of the child abuse images found were “unique” in that gardai working the Cyber Crime division had not come across them before.

Judge Martin Nolan said the accused had been in possession of thousands of “depraved images of child pornography”

He noted that she was engaged in prostitution and it seemed one of her clients encouraged her to look at this material. He said after being introduced she became interested and downloaded significant amounts of the material and engaged in text conversations and the exchange of images.

Judge Nolan said that she had no previous convictions and co-operated with the gardai in handing over passwords. He noted she is getting on well in prison and seems well capable of reform. He took into account the challenges she had faced in life.

Judge Nolan said he accepted crystal meth can affect people's behaviour but said she knew what she was doing was wrong. He noted she had offended on three different dates.

“I don't think she is a bad person but she committed serious offences and the court must punish her for her misbehaviour,” said Judge Nolan. He imposed a three year sentence, backdated to when she went into custody.

Additional evidence

Det Gda Allen told Kieran Kelly BL, prosecuting, that there were a number of searches of De Souza's residence, the first in September 2018 in which a computer and phone were seized. A second search took place in August 2019 and another phone was seized. In July 2020 a third phone was seized and De Souza presented herself to a garda station where she handed over passwords.

The equipment was analysed and 41 category one images of child sex abuse were found on the computer

The three phones were also analysed and each contained a variety of images ranging from 2,464 category one images and videos of children and 752 category two images on one phone to 12 images and videos on another. A small number of child “anime” images were also found.

Det Gda Allen said the children involved were aged between two and 16 years old. The images involved the penetration of children or children exposing their genitals.

He told the court that when gardai were investigating these offences the same images would often come up and garda kept a database of previously seen images. He said some of the images found in De Souza's equipment were “unique”, not having been seen by gardai before.

Det Gda Allen said 900,000 messages found on the equipment were also analysed and a substantial number of these conversations were found to relate to discussing child sexual activity.

The garda agreed with Caroline Biggs SC, defending, that there was no evidence of De Souza producing any images of children herself and no evidence she had access to any children.

Ms Biggs said that De Souza had been brought up by her grandparents in a rural area of Brazil. She moved to Sao Paulo where she turned to prostitution to feed herself and fund her transition.

There are at least a quarter of a million child sex workers in Brazil forced into the trade by hunger.

Ms Biggs outlined letters from family and friends who characterised De Souza as a kind, loyal and trustworthy person with no evil or desire for children in her.

A friend outlined in a letter that sex work in Brazil was very dangerous with transgender women attacked and sometimes murdered in the street.

Ms Biggs said De Souza came to Ireland in 2011, believing she could earn more money and have a better life here. She married an Irish man but began using crystal meth while engaging in sex work.

She handed in a psychologist report to the court and said it was difficult to ascertain what led to her offending behaviour but said there was no doubt crystal meth and her work were an influence.

She said De Sousa is willing to walk away from both of those and wants to know what is wrong with her. She said she was an excellent candidate for the Building Better Lives program or any treatment program having pleaded guilty and expressed significant remorse.

Former teaching assistant downloaded 5,000 images

of children being sexually abused

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Iestyn Thomas also visited a Russian website hosting child abuse images 38,000 times

By Jason Evans Court and crime reporter

Wales Online

16:41, 26 MAR 2021

Iestyn Thomas worked as a teaching assistant, and in a residential centre for teenagers with autism (Image: South Wales Police)

A former teaching assistant downloaded and saved thousands of images of child sex abuse, a court has heard. Police found more than 5,000 indecent pictures and films on Iestyn Thomas' laptops and mobile phone, and in an online storage account he had.

Officers also found he had visited a Russian website which hosted such material some 38,000 times.

Swansea Crown Court heard the 51-year-old had used a laptop which was shared by other members of his family for some of his activities - potentially dragging wholly innocent people into the police investigation.

Ieuan Rees, prosecuting, said the offending came to light when police executed a search warrant at Thomas' house in Bonymaen, Swansea, early on the morning of March 4 last year.

He said officers seized the defendant's Huawei mobile phone, and Acer and HP laptops.

An examination of the devices and of a linked DropBox online account revealed a total of 5,300 pictures and films showing the sexual abuse of children. Some 774 of these were so-called Category A images, the most explicit kind. The examination also found 24 prohibited images of children, and 34 pictures and movies featuring animals classed as extreme pornography.

Mr Rees said the creation dates on the files reached back to at least 2015.

The court heard investigators also found Thomas had used internet search terms linked to child pornography, and had visited a Russian website which hosted images of child sex abuse around 38,000 times.

The prosecutor said it appeared from profiles on one of the laptops involved that it was a shared machine used by at least two other people in the family.

Thomas, of Cardigan Crescent, Bonymaen, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of making - downloading - indecent images of Category A, B, and C, and to possessing prohibited images and extreme pornographic images when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.

He has no previous convictions.

Andrew Evans, for Thomas, said while not an excuse for the offending, the defendant had been suffering from anxiety and stress for some time and had become, in effect, "addicted" to pornography and to indecent images.

Sin is progressive!

He said letters from family members and friends submitted to the court spoke highly of his client, and said there had never been any cause for concern about his behaviour during the course of his work with vulnerable people.

The advocate said Thomas had sought help from the Lucy Faithful Foundation - an organisation which seeks to tackle sex offending - and referred himself to counselling.

Recorder Simon Mills said Thomas had worked as a classroom teaching assistant and in a residential centre for teenagers with autism, and so would have been well aware of safeguarding issues and of the impact of sexual abuse on victims.

He said everyone who downloads and views indecent images of children makes a conscious decision to do so, and such behaviour is universally associated with a predisposition to being sexually attracted to children - whether the person admits that or not.

The recorder told Thomas he had engaged in "very determined access" of images, and the offending was so serious only a term of immediate imprisonment was appropriate.

He added that the defendant had betrayed his family by his actions, and said it was "utterly shameful" that he had carried out some of his activities on a shared computer meaning wholly innocent members of his family could have become involved in the police investigation.

Following the sentencing guidelines, and giving a one-third discount for his guilty pleas, the recorder sentenced the defendant to a total of 10 months in prison.

Thomas will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence under the UK government's early release scheme to serve the remainder in the community. The defendant will be a registered sex offender for the next 10 years, and was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order to control his access to the internet for the same length of time.

Scots predator who said child sex abuse victims ‘enjoyed it’

jailed as police blast serial offender

daily record

A disgusting sex beast who raped a young child and sexually abused four others has been jailed for eight years.

Michael Taylor earlier pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of sickening attacks before appearing at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday for sentencing.

The 71-year-old, who was also convicted of possessing indecent images of children, told investigating police officers that he became ‘overly friendly’ with two of the kids.

He denied forcing himself on any of the children, who were aged between six and 11, and said that “if anything, they liked it”.

Taylor, a part-time delivery driver, targeted the youngsters in Aberdeen between March and October last year. One brave victim later told their father what had been happening which sparked a major police investigation into Taylor’s vile crimes.

Officers have today welcomed his prison sentence and have hailed the children for their outstanding courage.

Detective Inspector Karen Main of North East Division’s Public Protection Unit said: “Michael Taylor is a sexual predator who preyed on vulnerable young children, manipulated and abused them. He exploited these defenceless young children for his own sexual gratification.

“Despite the appalling ordeal he subjected these children to, they have had the immense courage to speak out about what happened to them and their information has been vital to investigating this case. I would like to thank them for their bravery and courage. Their information was crucial to ensure that Taylor is prevented from preying on other young children.

“My thoughts remain with the victims and their families. I sincerely hope that today’s sentencing can bring them some solace in that the person responsible for these despicable actions has been held to account and now they can move forward with their lives.