US feds charge ex-priest with child sex crimes in East Timor
AP A US federal grand jury has indicted a defrocked American priest on charges of having sex with minors while running a children’s shelter in a remote part of East Timor. Richard Daschbach, 84, faces seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct at the Topu Honis shelter that he founded decades ago in the […]
Growing number of young men in Australia targeted for ‘sextortion’
Kuala LumpurThomson Reuters Foundation A rising number of young men in Australia are falling victim to online “sextortion”, the head of the country’s internet safety agency has warned, bucking a global trend of primarily targeting vulnerable women and girls. Seven out of 10 victims of sextortion – a form of extortion that involves sexual acts […]
Legal gaps seen failing female ‘sextortion’ victims
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Women and girls coerced into sex by officials are being failed by a lack of clear laws to combat such abuses, known as sextortion, a global anti-corruption group said on Thursday. Sextortion – defined as the abuse of power to obtain a sexual benefit or advantage – affects women globally, but […]
Female comic superhero fights India’s sex traffickers, challenges stigma
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A female superhero will use her powers to fight sex crimes in India and the stigma that trafficking survivors face, in the third instalment of a comic series due to be released this week. Priya, a rape survivor-turned superhero who flies around on a tiger, fought her abusers and helped acid […]