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Childhood bullying affects adult life

whoiscarol | November 23, 2009 at 10:48 am

By Connie Agius

A young woman rests her head in her hands in a depressed pose

The report found many victims were female. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo)

Children who have been bullied tend to carry their battle scars throughout adulthood and become bullies themselves.

That is what a Wesley Mission report, Give Kids A Chance: No-one Deserves To Be Left Out, has found.

The organisation is calling on the Australian community and governments to put a stop to bullying.

The research found seven out of 10 adults have been affected by school bullying.

Wesley Mission CEO Keith Garner says the impacts of bullying flow into daily life.

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Child sex tourism study ‘blames Aussies’

whoiscarol | September 14, 2009 at 10:22 am

AEST Mon Sep 14 2009
By ninemsn staff with wires
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Australians make up the largest portion of foreign sex offenders against children in Thailand, according to a study.

Researchers at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore studied patterns of arrests and prosecutions between 1995 and 2006 as part of a plan to tackle the $36.6bn industry in child sex trafficking.

Bernadette McMenamin, CEO of Child Wise Australia, said child sex trafficking remains a hidden problem that most Australians have become complacent about.

“People tell us, ‘It happens overseas. Isn’t that an issue we talked about years ago?’ “But what we’ve found is that … the supply and demand factors fuelling child sex slavery have actually grown,” she said.

Ms McMenamin said most Australians view the price of petrol as a greater concern than the welfare of foreign children.

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Child porn accused ‘a sick puppy’

whoiscarol | July 29, 2009 at 06:54 pm

r399823_1875724[1]A West Australian man accused of possessing more than 700 child pornography images has been described as ‘a bit of a sick puppy’ during an appearance in Perth Magistrate’s Court.

Bradley Pen Dragon, 49, is alleged to have stored the images on computer thumb drives.

Today, Pen Dragon appeared in court on charges of possessing child pornography.

In applying for bail, his lawyer told the court her client was innocent until proven guilty, and if he was remanded in custody it would limit him moving forward in his life.

But the police prosecutor opposed his released, describing Pen Dragon as ‘a bit of a sick puppy’ who had two prior recent convictions for possessing child pornography.

Magistrate Steven Malley said the nature of the offences combined with Pen Dragon’s record indicated he posed a serious risk to the community.

He was remanded in custody and will appear in court again next month.

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Pedophile Aussie priest to be deported

rodolfo | August 1, 2008 at 03:31 pm

news.com.au - THE Catholic order of a former priest jailed today for sexually abusing boys at a New Zealand school says it will supervise him for the rest of his life after he is deported back to Australia.

Rodger William Moloney, now 73 and in ill-health, was jailed for two years and nine months by Justice Graham Panckhurst in the High Court at Christchurch today, the New Zealand Press Association reported.

He will be deported after serving his sentence. (more…)

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