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

Please note: All my writings and comments appear in bold italics in this colour

Saturday 31 August 2019

Rotherham, Newfoundland, N Ireland, Scotland, Viet Nam on Today's Global PnP List

Rotherham child sex abuse:
Seventh convicted man named

Surprise! He's a Pakistani Muslim!

A seventh man has been convicted over the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago, it can now be revealed.

Six men were found guilty on Wednesday of a string of sex offences following a five-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court.


There had previously been a restriction on naming Mohammed Ashan, 35, who pleaded guilty to indecent assault charges before the trial began.



He will be sentenced at a later date.


Ashan, of HMP Wymott, admitted three counts of indecent assault against girls under the age of 16.

Abid Saddiq, 38, was convicted on Wednesday of two counts of rape, five of indecent assault, and two of child abduction.

Sharaz Hussain, 35, Masaued Malik, 35, and Aftab Hussain, 40, were found guilty of indecent assault.

Two other defendants, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of rape and indecent assault.


Abid Saddiq, Sharaz Hussain, Aftab Hussain and Masaued Malik have already been convicted

The court heard the men abused their victims between 1998 and 2002.

Five of the six are due to be sentenced on Friday.

The convictions are the latest to arise from Operation Stovewood, a major National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

It looked into sexual abuse and exploitation in Rotherham covering the years 1997 to 2013.

The agency has said it believes 1,510 teenagers were exploited in the town during the period.




St. John's, N.L., female teacher charged with
sexual exploitation
Ryan Cooke · CBC News 

A substitute teacher under investigation since January is now charged with a sex crime against a youth.

Krysta Grimes, 31, is charged with unlawfully committing sexual exploitation.

According to court documents, Grimes was "in a position of trust or authority towards a young person," when she "did for a sexual purpose touch directly or indirectly a part of her body with the body of [the alleged victim]."

The boy listed in court documents is a youth but CBC News has been unable to ascertain his age. It's alleged the incident took place in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove between March 1, 2018, and June 30, 2018.

Last winter, the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District confirmed a teacher was being investigated after unspecified complaints. 

According to news clippings and rosters listed online, Grimes had previously served as teacher representative for the Gonzaga High senior boys' hockey team.

She is due for an appearance at St. John's provincial court on Oct. 17.

While the legal age of consent in Newfoundland and Labrador is 16, sexual exploitation charges can be laid when a person is in a position of trust or authority over a youth between the ages of 16 and 18.

The charge carries a minimum sentence of 90 days' imprisonment, and a maximum of 14 years in prison.

In Canada's criminal-friendly justice system, it is highly unlikely that she will get more than 90 days, if that.




Northern Ireland Police reinvestigating claims of
child sex abuse by Orange Order members

Allegations latest in series of reports of historic child sex abuse in Fermanagh

Gerry Moriarty
Irish Times

The PSNI has reopened a historic case of alleged sex abuse after two women claimed that as children they were abused by Orangemen in Co Fermanagh and that the Orange Order “did nothing” about the case.

The PSNI has confirmed that it is reinvestigating the cases which were previously investigated with files sent to the office of the North’s director of public prosecutions. The cases were not proceeded with due to “insufficient evidence”.

Further details of the allegations were made this week in the Impartial Reporter, which is published in Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh.

These are the latest in a series of allegations of historic child sex abuse in Co Fermanagh that the newspaper has reported on since March. The PSNI has set up a special taskforce to investigate the claims with more than 50 alleged victims naming 60 alleged abusers.

The two women using the pseudonyms of Sara and Jackie alleged they were repeatedly raped and sexually abused. They said the Order did nothing when they raised their allegations with the institution.

Sara claimed she was abused by several Orangemen over many years during the 1970s, and that she also was abused by a school bus driver and a businessman. She said the abuse started from the age of eight when she attended band practice in an Orange hall, and continued for several years.

Sara said that she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1997 and that her doctors told her it was “most likely” it was as a result of the alleged sexual abuse she suffered as a child.

She said, “I remember [I] asked the doctor why I got cervical cancer and he said there were a number of reasons. One was becoming sexually active at an early age; two was having numerous sexual partners. I sat there in the Erne Hospital (in Enniskillen) thinking that I am still paying for what those bastards did to me all those years ago.”

She also told the newspaper that she had suffered from resultant alcohol dependency, that in 2008 she was diagnosed as having an addiction to diazepam and that in 1998 she attempted suicide.

Sara said that when the public prosecution service dropped her case she hit rock bottom.

Jackie alleged that she was abused in her grandparents’ home by two men, both of whom held roles in the Orange Order.

Jackie said she was prepared to give evidence against the two men in court but that both cases were dropped by the public prosecution service.

She said, “The man in the PPS told me he believed every word I said but a defending barrister would rip me to shreds. I said, ‘let me try, I want that one chance to face those two boys in court’.

“He said no. I went home and took an overdose.”

The allegations related to one Orange lodge in Co Fermanagh, the newspaper reported. There are 89 lodges in the county with a total county Orange Order membership of about 2,000.

The PSNI said that both cases are being reviewed to ensure all lines of necessary inquiry were completed at the time and to determine if any new evidence is now available.

“Detectives have maintained contact with the victims throughout and will continue to do so,” said a spokesman.

“The public should be assured that detectives in Public Protection Branch treat every allegation of child sexual abuse seriously, whether it happened recently or many years ago,” he added.

“Whilst we understand how difficult it can be for someone to report this type of abuse, victims can have confidence that their reports will be dealt with seriously, sensitively and with the utmost care and respect by specially trained detectives,” he said.

A spokesman for the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland said the allegations were very serious. “The Orange institution will fully co-operate with any PSNI investigation. No further public comment will be made at this point,” he said.




Newlywed Scot who hoarded horrific child sex abuse, bestiality movies facing jail
By Ron Moore
Daily Record

A pervert who hoarded horrific images of girls as young as four being sexually abused has been warned he is facing jail.

Brian McCallion, 39, was also caught with vile material showing women having sex with dogs when police swooped on his address.

Newly wed McCallion, who only married his wife in June last year, was rumbled barely six months later with more than 5,000 indecent images and videos featuring the sexual abuse of mainly young girls and extreme pornography depicting bestiality.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard it was his wife who answered the door when police armed with a warrant went to the address in Renfrew at around 8am on 19 December.

Procurator Fiscal Depute Keri Marshall said: “In November 2018, the Public Protection Unit of Police Scotland received information that, on May 2, 2018, category C indecent images of children had been uploaded on to the KIK messenger app.

“An Android device, which had been used, was traced via an IP address to a property in Renfrew. Police obtained a warrant which was executed at 8am on December 19. A number of police officers attended but the accused was not present. His partner permitted access to police. A short time later the accused arrived.

“A Samsung mobile phone was seized from the living room. The accused indicated it belonged to him. A Compaq Processing Unit was seized from the fourth bedroom. The accused stated it belonged to him.

“Initial examination revealed category C images were present and the accused was arrested and taken to Helen Street Police Office.”

The prosecutor told the court the Cyber Crime Unit’s analysis of the devices revealed there were 5,470 indecent images on the Compaq device, and 22 on the Samsung mobile. A breakdown of the Compaq revealed 521 were category A, the worst classification, 141 were category B and 4,808 were category C.

The court heard an example of the category A material involved two girls aged around eight involved in sex acts while facing a camera.

Analysis of the Samsung phone showed there were 22 images, with four at category A, four at category B and the remaining 14 at category C.

An example of the category A material featured a girl aged between four and six being abused by an adult male.

The court heard “extreme pornographic” moving images recovered from the Compaq, “depicted females engaged sexual activity with dogs.”

McCallion pleaded guilty to charges of taking or permitting to be taken indecent images of children, possession of these indecent images and possession of extreme pornographic images depicting bestiality between dates 6 December 2006 and 19 December 2018.

A defence agent for McCallion said the accused suffered from a “deep-rooted psychological difficulties arising from a traumatic childhood.” He added: “You will require to defer matters for background reports. I would reserve mitigation until sentencing and would ask the court continues his bail.”

Sheriff James Spy placed McCallion on the Sex Offenders’ Register and warned him he is likely to be jailed. He said: “This is a very serious matter. Uppermost in the court’s mind is a custodial sentence given the nature of the charges.”

He was released on bail and will learn of his fate when he returns to court on October 9.




Hanoi's street boys and runaways are easy prey
for child sex exploitation
By Zoe Osborne
ABC AU

Most of Hanoi's street children are boys who have run away. (Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)

"Hi, how are you? Where are you from?"

A boy has stopped a middle-aged man on a busy walkway beside Hoan Kiem Lake, one of central Hanoi's busiest tourist attractions.

It's about 8:00pm and my fixer and I are sitting nearby, researching a story on Hanoi's runaway street boys. There are thousands of kids surviving on Hanoi's streets. Vulnerable and alone, many fall prey to exploitation, trafficking, criminal gangs or long-term abuse by foreign and local paedophiles.

Is this boy one of them?

We watch as the man, short, squat and slightly fox-like, replies. He's from France. It's his first time in Hanoi.

"Oh. Are you here with friends?"

The man says he's travelling alone. "What about you — are your parents with you? Where do you live?"

"Close to here."

It's a popular tourist spot, but Hoan Kiem Lake also has a seedy side. (Reuters/Kham)

"Oh, well my hotel is nearby too …"

"Oh, really?"

It feels like they are playing a game, sussing out if they both know what they are really talking about.

Eventually the boy asks the man if he would like to "find somewhere to sit down?"

They walk over to a park bench. A woman comes up with a little girl. She starts talking, pushing both children closer to the man, gesturing to the boy as though showing him off.

After a while, she notices us and sends the little girl over. She could only be three or four. She has clearly been given a script and beyond that she doesn't know what to say.

Meanwhile, my fixer walks towards the woman on the pretence of using a rubbish bin. As she passes, the man pays the woman and leaves with the boy.

Two street boys so exhausted that they have simply fallen asleep where they are sitting.
(Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)

Runaways are easy prey

It was just too easy. Looking back, the woman probably mistook our observation for interest in the little girl. Maybe she was feeling lucky — two quick transactions then she could sell the children again a few hours later. I didn't sleep for several nights after that.

Most of Hanoi's street children, the majority of whom are boys in their pre and early teens, are runaways.

Many were neglected, physically or mentally abused at home. An estimated 71.6 per cent of boys in Vietnam experience violent punishment, often for things as minor as getting poor grades.

Family breakdown has become a serious issue in Vietnam, linked to the country's rapid development, says Michael Brosowski , the founder of Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, an organisation focused on child rights and trafficking victims in Vietnam.

Street kids in a makeshift squatter camp. Some boys sleep there, among the rubble.
(Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)

"Families in rural areas, where there's less access to opportunities and weaker education systems, don't have the support or the tools to cope," he says.

"It's easier for problems to take hold, like drug addictions or gambling, and families are weakened by parents having to travel far from home for work."

Feeling unloved and alone, the boys run away. But when they get to the city, they are plunged into a hard, cold world where gangs rule, fights over territory are common and everyone is out to get you.

"One particular gang … presents itself as being incredibly wealthy and powerful, with their social media pages full of images of them looking tough and intimidating," says Michael. "This can really appeal to boys who feel disconnected and powerless."

A boy climbs under Long Bien Bridge to relative safety on a pylon right beneath the train tracks.
(Supplied: Do Duy Vi/Blue Dragon)

Sex is a taboo subject

The most significant and traumatic threat the boys face is sexual exploitation.

In one 2013 study with street children in Ho Chi Minh City, 92.5 per cent of participating children reported at least one form of sexual abuse and another 33 per cent had worked as sex workers.

There is more to this story found on ABC.



Thursday 29 August 2019

A Sheriff; 2 Pastors; Chaplain; Wiccan, LDS Bishop on Today's USA PnP List

Ex-Tammany, La, captain is link between
Strain’s sex abuse, federal corruption cases

BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS

Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain, leaves the St. Tammany Parish Courthouse on Columbia Street in Covington, La., after he pleads not guilty to rape and incest charges, Thursday, August 15, 2019.  Strain was arraigned on rape charge on the 22nd Judicial District Court.

STAFF PHOTO BY MAX BECHERER

The connection between dueling investigations into former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has never been clear: One probe centered on the sheriff’s awarding of an inmate work-release contract to the children of two of his ranking deputies; the other has focused on sordid allegations that the longtime lawman sexually abused at least four children.

The link lies within court documents that one of Strain’s former ranking deputies signed when he pleaded guilty in a public corruption scheme, allegedly spearheaded by Strain, that involved the work-release program.

That deputy, former Sheriff’s Office Capt. Clifford “Skip” Keen, signed a summary of the case against him in which he said he had been molested as a child by Strain. In turn, Keen said, Strain kept him in his inner circle and was generous to him as he grew up to “deter” him from ever talking about the abuse.

Keen said that generosity included cutting him into a scheme to skim more than $1 million from the sheriff’s work-release program — a scheme that led a federal grand jury to hand up a 16-count indictment against Strain on Thursday.

Strain, 56, was already facing aggravated rape and other charges in state court when U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser held a news conference to announce the federal case against the ex-sheriff. He now faces bribery and wire fraud counts in federal court.

Before charging Strain, the feds had secured guilty pleas from Keen and a fellow former captain at the Sheriff’s Office, David Hanson Sr.

Clifford "Skip" Keen (left) and David Hanson Sr. (right)

They both admitted in February that they had devised a kickback scheme with Strain that involved his privatizing a work-release program in Slidell that had been run in-house for years. Rather than soliciting competitive bids, Strain simply gave the contract to run the program to St. Tammany Workforce Solutions, a firm launched in 2013 by a construction contractor named Allen Tingle and two adult children of Hanson and Keen: Brandy Hanson and Jarret Keen.

Work-release programs in Louisiana allow inmates nearing the end of their sentences to work at jobs for private companies away from prison. The inmates live in a secure facility resembling a dorm, and the lion’s share of their wages goes to the program’s operator.

The idea is to allow inmates to earn a little money and readjust to civilian life before leaving prison.

In Strain’s case, court records say the program generated $1.2 million over three years for Brandy Hanson and Jarret Keen, who sent much of that amount to their fathers. David Hanson and Skip Keen said they then regularly paid cash — often in installments exceeding $1,000 — to Strain until his 20-year run as sheriff ended in 2016. The government has not said how much the payments totaled. 

Strasser on Thursday said someone who caught wind of the plot alerted the watchdog Metropolitan Crime Commission, which in turn passed on the tip to law enforcement officials.

There is more on this story at NOLA.

St Tammany, La


Pastor, wife charged with witness tampering in
Omaha, Neb, child sexual assault case

OMAHA, Neb. —
Jailhouse phone calls have led to new problems for a Council Bluffs pastor.

Prosecutors said 44-year-old Emanuel Rodriguez had his wife, 42-year-old Veronica Rodriguez, contact his accusers' families to get them to drop the case.

“The co-defendant and his wife read a text message that she sent to the victims' mothers asking that they let this stuff go,” said deputy Douglas County attorney Tony Clowe in court.

Emanuel Rodriguez was already held on a bond of $500,000 for two counts of third-degree sex assault charges of a child.

Prosecutors allege Emanuel Rodriguez sexually assaulted two girls at his former home in Omaha sometime between 2017 and 2019.

Thursday, Judge Marcela Keim set the couple’s bond at $75,000 and ordered them to have no contact with accusers.




Former nursing home chaplain set to enter
new plea on sex abuse charges

QUINCY (HERALD-WHIG) — The former chaplain at a Quincy nursing home accused of sexually abusing two residents is set to enter a guilty plea next month.

James E. Riley’s case was set for a motion hearing to sever the two charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse Thursday when he waived his right to a jury trial and the case was set for a plea and sentencing hearing on Sept. 9.

Riley, 58, also is set to enter a guilty plea into an unrelated case where he was charged with one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and three counts of criminal sexual assault. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges last month with both cases set on the September jury trial docket.

Adams County Assistant State’s Attorney Anita Rodriguez said the negotiated plea announced during Riley’s court appearance calls for him to plead guilty to two counts of criminal sexual abuse, one count of criminal sexual assault and the predatory criminal sexual assault charge.

If the plea moves forward, Riley would be sentenced to a combined 26 years in the Illinois Department of Correctionsseven years for each count of criminal sexual assault, six years for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and six years for criminal sexual assault.

All sentences run consecutively. YES!

Riley is accused of having sexual contact by use of force with two Good Samaritan Home residents — one 88 and the other 78. The incidents were alleged to have occurred in May at Good Samaritan Home. Riley also is alleged to have had sexual contact with a child younger than 13 and another younger than 18 occurring between July 1, 2001, and Dec. 6, 2003.

Riley was arrested June 24 after the Quincy Police Department was contacted by Good Samaritan Home administrators who had reported a resident’s inappropriate sexual contact by a chaplain.

He was later arrested July 8, while out on bond, after the Quincy Police Department was made aware of alleged inappropriate sexual contact with two girls.

Riley continues to be held in the Adams County Jail on $500,000 bond.




Utah man, once an LDS bishop,
jailed for child sexual abuse
by Larry D. Curtis

(KUTV)A Utah man, who once was a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is in jail on a two-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a child.

Francis Heber Fuller, 78, was originally charged with 11 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a child and lewdness involving a child. Fuller was to face a jury trial this year but instead pleaded guilty to two of the charges that were reduced to second-degree felonies while the rest of the charges were dismissed with prejudice; they cannot be brought against Fuller in the future.

Prosecutors sometimes agree to plea agreements to spare victims of sexual abuse from testifying in court. KUTV does not typically name victims of sexual abuse.

Court documents show that each of the two counts carried a possible one to 15-year sentence but the prison term was suspended by the court to a one-year sentence for each count with a requirement to serve the full term for each count. Fuller received credit for 11 days already spent in jail.

Court documents also state he will be given "all necessary and appropriate medical treatment" while in jail. He was fined $2,586.

When released from the Utah County Jail after completing the two-year sentence, Fuller will be on probation for four years and must follow Utah's conditions for sex offenders that includes participating and completing sex offender therapy, observing curfews, having no contact with the victims or their families, not having contact with children under 18, not entering schools, playgrounds, parks or other places where children are present and other rules under the observation of a parole officer.

Fuller was a bishop, leading an LDS congregation in Highland, Utah in 1993. He was featured in an American Fork newspaper announcing the position leading the congregation.

Fuller is may (???) have founded Wasatch Transportation, a company now directed by his son, that transports special needs children to Utah schools but that could not be confirmed. Fuller spoke to the Deseret News as a representative of Wasatch Transportation in 1997.

A video interview with one victim was considered probable cause for arraignment in 2017, court documents state. In 2018, a second victim came forward, delaying court proceedings. Prior to a scheduled June jury trial, Fuller changed his plea.

Fuller was sentenced Aug. 22, 2019, by Judge Kraig Powell.




Ohio police on 2 men accused of child rape:
'I've never seen anything like this'
Alleged pedo a Wiccan; victims are 5 & 7 y/o boys

WLWT Digital Staff

LOCKLAND, Ohio — Two men have been arrested in what police are calling one of the most disturbing cases of child sex abuse they have ever seen.


William Bustillos III, 25, and Joseph Suder, 36, were arrested in connection with the investigation. Both are accused of raping young boys. The alleged victims are 5 and 7 years old.

Authorities said there are more victims, adding that investigators found thousands of sexually-explicit photos of young children.

The investigation began in Milford with Suder but led to Bustillos in Lockland. Federal investigators are now involved, saying it may be part of a much larger crime ring.

Inside of a Lockland home where Bustillos lived, police said they found disturbing evidence of abuse. "I have never come in contact with a case like this," said Sgt. Scott Godbey with the Lockland Police Department.

"I've seen a lot of bad things in this world, but this right here is probably the worst I've ever had to deal with," said Lockland Police Chief James Toles.

The details are too graphic to describe. But investigators said Bustillos took a 5-year-old child upstairs to his room. Inside that room, police said satanic shrines and idols were scattered alongside sex toys. There were also cameras for recording his crimes, authorities said.

"He has 31 years I've got 27. I've never seen anything like this," Godbey said, referencing neither he or his chief had seen anything like this before.

Bustillos' mother and a man who lived downstairs in the same home as the suspect, did not want to be identified. They both said they do not believe the allegations.

They said the shrine was part of Bustillos' religion. "He's a Wiccan and he believes in the Wiccan way," the man said. "I support him in that, even though I'm a Christian. That's his right," Bustillos' mother said.

Bustillos was arrested Wednesday on charges of rape, gross sexual imposition and pandering sexual materials involving a juvenile.

Authorities said the alleged 5-year-old victim was provided to Bustillos by Suder, who was arrested in a separate case by Milford police.

Suder was arrested on Aug. 16, then later indicted on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition. He is currently jailed at the Clermont County Jail.

Milford police said he's accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old child. He's also accused of taking sexually explicit photos of two other children – ages 5 and 8.

Authorities said the alleged incidents happened at the Oakwood Apartments on Brooklyn Avenue in Milford.

Federal investigators said between Bustillos and Suder, there are thousands of photos – maybe more – on seized flash drives and gaming systems.

Authorities said there are more victims and urge anyone with information to come forward.




Tennessee pastor found guilty of raping, abusing child

Author: The Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn — A Tennessee pastor has been found guilty of 24 counts involving child sex abuse in the first of three trials.

News outlets report a jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding 40-year-old Ronnie Gorton guilty Wednesday on charges including sexual battery and statutory rape. WMC-TV reports Gorton put his head down as the verdicts were read in Tipton County.

The 18-year-old victim told jurors the abuse started the day he moved in with Gorton and his wife in 2017. He said Gorton justified his actions by citing a Bible verse which said "holding each other is just a way to show love."

Gorton took the stand Wednesday and denied molesting the victim during two hours of testimony, though he admitted providing alcohol to the youth and other teens.

Gorton's sentencing hearing will start in November.

The pastor at the now-defunct Awakening Church in Atoka still faces trials involving two other teenagers who accused him of rape. One was 12 at the time.




Wednesday 28 August 2019

Rotherham 6; Navy Cmdr; Devil Bitch 666; N.I. Theatre Lead Today's Global PnP List

Rotherham child sex abuse: Six men convicted

Abid Saddiq, Sharaz Hussain, Aftab Hussain and Masaued Malik were all convicted


Six men have been found guilty of a string of sex offences relating to the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham, England, more than a decade ago.

Sheffield Crown Court heard the men abused their victims between 1998 and 2002.

Abid Saddiq, 38, was convicted of two counts of rape, five of indecent assault, and two of child abduction.

Sharaz Hussain, 35, Masaued Malik, 35, and Aftab Hussain, 40, were convicted of indecent assault.

Two other defendants who cannot be named for legal reasons were convicted of rape and indecent assault.

During the five-week trial, the jury heard how the girls were targeted due to their vulnerability and were given alcohol and drugs before some were raped by multiple men.

Violence was sometimes used to ensure they complied, the court heard.

Jurors also heard Saddiq raped a girl in an alleyway when she was aged 14 or 15, then taunted her mother.

The father-of-four admitted having sex with some of the complainants, but claimed they were over age at the time and consented.

The convictions are the latest to arise from a major National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation, Operation StovewoodIt looked into sexual abuse and exploitation in Rotherham covering the years 1997 to 2013.

The agency has said it believes 1,510 teenagers were exploited in the town during the period.

Senior Investigating Officer, Philip Marshall, said the men had exploited vulnerable girls for their own sexual gratification.

Kate Hurst, from the Crown Prosecution Service, added: "Each of these men knew the girls were either vulnerable and underage. They were reckless and did not care if they were children or not." 

The six men were all remanded and are due to be sentenced on Friday.

I suspect the two unnamed criminals were possibly underage at the time. The only thing we can assume for sure is that they were Pakistani men. It's curious that they didn't even mention the charges against them or the convictions. The girls were raped 'by multiple men' and yet there is only one man charged with rape, unless the two unnamed criminals were also charged with rape. No-one appears to have been charged with gang-rape. Nevertheless, good work Operation Stovepipe.




Australian Navy commander sentenced to jail for two years for historic sex abuse of boys
By Melissa Mackay, ABC

David Graham, pictured here in 2013 with former Governor-General Quentin Bryce,
has been jailed for child sex offences. (Supplied: Australian Defence Force)

A disgraced former Navy commander will spend the next two years in jail and 15 years listed on a child sex offender register after he was found guilty of seven child sex offences.

David Graham, 50, was found guilty of inappropriately touching two young boys in Darwin between 2006 and 2008, as well as attempting to rape one of them while camping near Alice Springs.

Justice Graham Hiley sentenced him on Tuesday in the Supreme Court in Darwin to five years behind bars, to be suspended after two years.

Abuse had extreme effects on victims

The sexual abuse had extreme impacts on the two victims, who are now young adults, with both suffering mental health issues and one even attempting suicide, the court heard.

"I became withdrawn, anxious, and scared about what people would think about me," one victim said in a statement. "I felt like I couldn't do anything about it."

The man, who cannot be identified, also wrote directly to his abuser in his statement to the court.

"You and I, and now the world, know that you are guilty. I hope you see through your lies and realise that until you admit your guilt, you can't be helped," he wrote.

The younger victim, who saw Graham as a "father figure", told the court the reality of the abuse didn't sink in until he reached puberty.

"My belief is that Graham is solely to blame for not only the turmoil I faced as a child or the delinquent I became throughout puberty but also the mental instability I face," he said.

"I believe that he should pay for every drink that I've had past moderation, every suicidal thought that has ever entered my head, every sleepless night I had as a child, and for every day of my life that I have to bear the knowledge that I was a victim of sexual assault.

"The predatory and sexually abusive actions of David Graham have undoubtedly been the cause of the immense emotional and psychological damage that continues to wreak issues within my psyche today."

The court heard Graham's abuse of the boys was "opportunistic" and despite only being charged with seven offences, he had abused them "at least" 10 times.

Boys idolised and trusted senior naval officer

Graham did not display emotion as he sat in the dock as Justice Hiley read out his sentencing remarks. "Your conduct is particularly serious. Firstly, both of your victims were vulnerable," he said.

"[The younger victim] idolised you, he permitted you to do these things to him, even though he knew what you were doing was wrong.

"You knew the parents had complete trust in you … it was also based on trust in you in your capacity as a senior naval officer. You breached that trust and abused your power over those boys."

Offender expressed no remorse, responsibility

Graham's barrister, Tom Berkley, told the court he'd been "embarrassed" by the media attention his trial received, and that Graham was otherwise a man of good character.

Justice Hiley found the offending was in the "middle" range of seriousness for child sex offending.

"You do not express any remorse, you have not expressed any concern for your victims, and you do not accept any responsibility for your conduct," Justice Hiley said.

"Because of your denials, your victims had to be strongly challenged on their evidence."

Graham will be released from prison in August 2021.

Older, but will he be any wiser?




English woman who called herself Devil Bitch 666
sexually abused children for money on Cyprus

Sentenced to more than 12 years in prison in London court

By Press Association

A woman who called herself Devil Bitch 666 has been jailed for the “abhorrent” sexual abuse of children for money.

Jodie Little, 30, sexually abused a boy under the age of 13 and published an advert offering videos of child sex abuse, the British National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

She committed the offences for paying customers on a website providing adult escort and webcam services from where she lived in northern Cyprus.

The NCA said Little, who is originally from Huddersfield in England, used the names Queen of Tabbo and devil bitch 666 while online.

She was sentenced to 12 years and four months at Isleworth Crown Court in London yesterday after pleading guilty to nine offences.

Little admitted sexual activity with a boy under 13, publishing an obscene article describing child rape and publishing an advert offering videos of child sex abuse.

She also pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, conspiracy to sexually assault a boy under 13 by touching, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, and sexually assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.

Out of the nine offences she admitted, eight came under Section 72 of the UK's Sexual Offences Act 2003, legislation which allows British nationals to be prosecuted in the UK for offences committed overseas.

Financially motivated

The NCA said it passed intelligence to police in northern Cyprus in June last year, leading to Little’s deportation to the UK. Along with being made aware of her offending, authorities in Cyprus also found Little’s visa had expired.

Jason Booth, NCA operations manager, said: “Little was financially motivated. Her crimes are utterly abhorrent and are one of many examples the NCA is seeing of worsening cyber-enabled child sexual offending.

“The NCA knows that the scale and severity of offending against children are worsening.”

Mr Booth said the NCA and UK police arrest around 450 child sex offenders a month and safeguard a further 680 children during the same period.

He said: “We did everything we could in this case using our investigators, international staff and child protection experts to stop Little’s offending.”




Creepy London, Ont., teacher jailed 6 months
in voyeurism case

Ryan Jarvis used a secret pen camera to film students' breasts
CBC News 

Ryan Jarvis in the 2011 H.B. Beal Secondary School yearbook (Submitted)

A former teacher at H.B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ont., was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and 12 months probation for secretly recording female students' breasts and cleavage, using a pen camera.

Between 2010 and 2011, Ryan Jarvis made recordings of at least 27 students, most of whom were as young as 14. The videos, which ranged from six seconds in length to more than two and a half minutes, were captured during conversations he had with students in common areas such as the cafeteria and hallways. 

Some of of Jarvis's victims were in court Tuesday to hear the sentence. ​​​​​​

In 2015 the trial judge determined that Jarvis had violated the students' privacy by using a spy pen. But Justice Andrew Goodman wasn't satisfied the videos were filmed for a sexual purpose and acquitted Jarvis.

Astonishing! What other possible reason could a man have for surreptitiously videoing girls cleavages? Justice Goodman, that's disgraceful!

Ryan Jarvis was a teacher at H.B. Beal Secondary School when he was found recording students' breasts with a pen camera. (Thames Valley District School Board/tvdsb.ca)

The Ontario Court of Appeal went another way. Most of the judges on that bench ruled that Jarvis did act with sexual intent, but still upheld his acquittal, arguing the students had no reasonable expectation of privacy at school.

Ah! OMG! So up-skirting is OK too?

But the  Supreme Court of Canada found unanimously in February that Jarvis was guilty of voyeurism and, in a landmark ruling, determined people can have a reasonable expectation of privacy in public spaces.

The Supreme Court said students doing everyday activities at school don't give up their privacy rights — even if the school maintains security cameras.

During sentencing, Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman said that he wanted to send a message about the use of mobile phones and taking photos.

This is the same Justice Goodman who sent a very different message in 2015! Good grief!

Victims in court

Nearly a decade after Jarvis was charged, some of the victims were in court to hear the sentence. 

"I don't have the words. I've waited so long for him to finally get not only found guilty but to get sentenced for what he did to all of us. I don't even want to say it's a win, it's almost just like a breath of fresh air," said one victim, who cannot be identified because of a publication ban. 

Some of the victims have followed this process through the court system for more than four years and said a sentence brings relief.

"It's finally done, and I've been fighting for it to be done," said one woman. "I'm OK with six months. It is a lot more than I was expecting him to get."

But it shouldn't have taken 4 years and necessitated going all the way to the Supreme Court. That's shameful.




Indonesian Doctors Refuse to Castrate
Child-Sex Convict
Putra Andespu 
Jakarta

Five men, part of a gang of 14 men and boys convicted for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, sit before judges during sentencing in Curup, in Indonesia’s Bengkulu province, Sept. 29, 2016.  Reuters

The association representing medical doctors in Indonesia said Tuesday it would refuse to take part in chemically castrating the first convict sentenced to such punishment under the country’s toughened up child-protection laws against pedophiles.

In May, a court in East Java province’s Mojokerta regency found Muh Aris bin Syukur guilty of sexually abusing nine children, including girls as young as 7, between 2015 and 2018, and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The judges, in a landmark ruling, ordered that he be chemically castrated to prevent him from committing similar offenses.

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said it would have no role in the castration, even though such corporal punishment was sanctioned under amendments to child-protection laws in 2016.

“We believe that child sex offenders should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, but we cannot administer castrations because doing so will violate our oath to uphold the medical profession’s code of ethics,” Pudjo Hartono, who heads IDI’s professional development council, told BenarNews.

Aris is the first child-sex offender to be sentenced to chemical castration since parliament passed revisions to a related law three years ago. An appeals court in Surabaya last month upheld his conviction.

Chemical castration has not be proven to be effective in the long run and could endanger the health of the person subjected to the punishment, Pudjo said.

Adverse effects of chemical castration include obesity, a swollen face, kidney damage and bone loss, H.N. Nazar, who directs IDI’s legal bureau, said on national television. The procedure involves injecting hormonal drugs.

In response to the announcement by the medical association, the attorney general’s office will meet with Health Minister Nila Moeloek to discuss a solution, according to Mukri, a spokesman for the office.

“We will take it up with the minister, in light of IDI’s refusal to execute castration,” he told BenarNews.

Aris, who was arrested in October last year, said he would rather die than be castrated.

“I can accept 20 years in prison, but I don’t want to be castrated,” local news website JawaPos quoted the 21-year-old, who had worked as a welder, as saying.

“Just shoot me,” he said.

That should be an option, perhaps. Or, maybe the state should hire a plumber to do the dirty work!

Seriously, I'm not convinced castration does work. One would think it should work in principal, but does it? I couldn't care less about the rapists health, so, if castration actually did work, it would save a lot of suffering by children and transfer it to the creeps who enjoy destroying them. How can that be a bad thing?




Spaniard arrested for online sexual abuse of child

By Dilip Kuner
Euro Weekly

A MAN aged 22 has been remanded in custody for the online grooming and sexual harrasment of a child he met on a gaming platform.

The investigation began in June 2018 when a boy under the age of 13 denounced him to the authorities. The accused had allegedly managed to get his victim’s social media passwords and used these as leverage to demand sexual images of the child.

 A joint operation by the Catalan Mossos d’Esquadra and the National Police led to the arrest of the man in Madrid.  Police say he had gained almost ‘total control’ of the child until the situation became unsustainable and the boy told his parents.

The agents confiscated six hard drives, three mobile phones and a memory card containing a large number of files containing sexual content involving children.




Northwest Territories judge quashes child sex assault
mandatory minimum
JAMES O'CONNOR
Cabin Radio

NWT, Canada - The mandatory minimum sentence for offenders who have sex with a person under the age of 16 has been quashed by the territory’s most senior judge.

A file photo of Chief Justice Louise Charbonneau.

The ruling, by Supreme Court Chief Justice Louise Charbonneau, came last week. The federally mandated minimum faced a constitutional challenge during the sexual assault trial of a man who had relations with two underage girls in Fort Resolution.

Her ruling did not affect the sentencing of Dalton Lee Lafferty, 25, who received a three-and-a-half-year term for two counts of sexual assault on girls under the age of 16. However, the decision does set a precedent for future cases in the territory.

“I have concluded that the mandatory minimum for this offence does contravene the charter,” said Charbonneau, siding with an earlier argument made by defence lawyer Charles Davison.

“I understand that this may have an impact on other proceedings,” said the judge.

Charbonneau is preparing a full written decision explaining the ruling.

“However … my decision on the charter will have no real impact on Mr Lafferty’s case, as both Crown and defence acknowledge the sentence that should be imposed in this case is beyond the mandatory minimum,” she noted.

Lafferty’s charges stemmed from events starting in the summer of 2017 in Fort Resolution.

The first victim was 14 years old when she met Lafferty while walking around the community. He offered her alcohol. “They drank two mickeys of vodka together. Later that evening, they had sexual intercourse together,” said Charbonneau in court on August 20.

The second victim, also 14, was in a relationship with Lafferty for three months – including the time he had intercourse with the other girl.

Sometimes he wore a condom, sometimes he did not, the court heard. On one occasion he threw her to the ground, got on top of her and choked her, said Charbonneau.

'Use that potential for good'

Two preliminary hearings were held, at which the victims had to testify. Jury trials were scheduled for last fall.

However, Lafferty subsequently changed his plea to guilty and has been in custody since breaching his bail conditions for drinking alcohol and contacting one of the victims.

Lafferty, who is Métis, did not have a prior criminal record.

He faced “very difficult circumstances growing up,” including violence and alcohol abuse in the home, the court heard. Lafferty was sexually abused “by various people” and was eventually apprehended by social services. He was then physically abused by his foster father.

The joy of growing up indigenous in Canada's north!

Lafferty started drinking alcohol at the age of 12. When his mother eventually stopped drinking completely, he moved back in with her. They moved to Fort Smith when he was 18, where he met an older man who became a father figure to him, the court heard. He moved in with that man and his wife, where his life was more positive. He started coaching soccer, for example.

“The best outcome for Mr Lafferty and his community will be for him to find a way to develop and use that potential for good things and for constructive things,” said Charbonneau. “He could help others through their struggles because he understands what it means to struggle.”

However, statements Lafferty made according to a pre-sentence report concerned the judge. For example, she said, Lafferty does not understand the concept of the age of consent, and maintains his interaction with the victims was consensual.

“When asked how the victims may be feeling, he responded that they are probably feeling bad because they got him incarcerated,” said Charbonneau, adding Lafferty stated he feels wrongly imprisoned for his crimes.

I believe child sex abuse is so pervasive in remote 1st Nations villages as to cause people to grow up thinking everyone is fair game, no matter how young. We have Residential Schools to blame for at least part of that inter-generational abuse.

At his sentencing hearing, he told Charbonneau he now understood what he did was wrong.

Lafferty has amassed a total of two years of pre-trial credit, so he will have 1.5 years left to serve of his 3.5-year overall sentence.

During that time, he can have no contact or communication with either of the victims. He may not be near children for two years, except for his own or those of anyone he might be in a relationship with. He can also apply to have the order varied if he decides to coach youth.

He will be banned from owning firearms for 10 years. A DNA sample will be taken. The length of time he will spend on the national sex offenders' registry was still being argued regarding its constitutionality, and is to be decided at a later date.




Former Northern Ireland theatre director jailed
for child sex offences

A FORMER theatre director has been jailed after pleading guilty to several child sex offences.

Jonathon Conaghan (41), of no fixed abode, was convicted of two charges of sexual assault of a child under 13 and one charge of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

He was further convicted of sexual communication with a child, two charges of voyeurism and meeting a child following grooming.

He was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court today to two years and eight months imprisonment, half to be served in custody.

He will also be required to sign the sex offenders’ register for life, is disqualified from working with children and will be subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order for eight years.

Detective Constable Lizzie Ballentine from PSNI’s Public Protection Branch said: "This conviction relates to offences which took place last year when Conaghan was involved with a theatre group. It was during this time that he abused his position of trust, grooming and sexually abusing a young boy.

"Through working with colleagues in Hampshire Constabulary, Conaghan was arrested in England and our police investigation led to this offender being placed before the courts.

"Detectives in PSNI’s Public Protection Branch are committed to investigating all reports of sexual offences against children and young people. We will seek to place offenders before the courts so they can be made amenable for their crimes and we have specially trained officers who will treat victims with sensitivity and respect."