Tag: child abuse
Timor-Leste journalist faces probe after exposing child abuse case
By Sirwan Kajjo in Dili
In a deeply Catholic country, accusations that an American priest abused dozens of children at an orphanage stunned many in...
Timor-Leste journalist Raimundos Oki charged with breach of ‘legal secrets’...
The Oekusi Post
Journalist and editor-in-chief Raimundos Oki of Timor-Leste's online media Oekusipost.com was today accused of "violating legal secrets" related to his reporting about...
Trial of ex-priest accused of child abuse in Timor postponed to...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The trial of a former US priest accused of child abuse in Timor-Leste due to resume tomorrow at the Oecusse Court...
Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile ex-priest
ANALYSIS: By Sara Niner
Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of "self-professed" paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschbach has shocked many...
Fear still marks the trial of a former priest in Timor-Leste...
By António Sampaio in Pante Macassar, Timor-Leste
The fear that has led for years to silence dozens of children, allegedly victims of sexual abuse by...
‘Shocking’ levels of child violence found in Pacific, says new report
By RNZ Pacific
A report has detailed shocking levels of physical violence and neglect towards millions of Pacific Islands children, sparking calls for better-targeted aid...
PNG police minister uses social media to arrest alleged sex offender
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea’s Police Minister Bryan Kramer has used social media to arrest a man accused of sexually abusing his granddaughter.
Kramer...
