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    One Child International

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  • No more reports on Irish clerical abuse please

    Ireland can't afford any more reports documenting the abuse perpetrated by the Catholic Church on the children of Ireland.

  • Child Abuse Prevention Month. So what?

    April is child abuse prevention month. Of course most of us know that every month is child abuse prevention month, except (to state the obvious) those who abuse their children.

  • International charity asks Irish Minister Barry Andrews to postpone referendum for Children

    One Child International today delivered an open letter to Irish Minister for Children Barry Andrews requesting the deferment of the referendum for the Constitutional Amendment for Children. Despite the turmoil in the Irish Government and the mass resignations of Ministers, including Minister for He

  • Ireland's Barry Andrews: A failed Minister for Children.

    What do we call people who make promises and don't deliver? Liars.

  • Ireland's poor children need fewer reports, more action.

    A 'State of the Nation's Children' report was published this week in Ireland highlighting the plight of neglected Irish children; a plight which has become incrementally worse since 2006.

  • Jim Gamble, CEO of the UK’s CEOP, receives the 2010 Child Advocate Award

    London, November 17, 2010: One Child International awarded their 2010 Child Advocate Award to Jim Gamble, CEO of the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center). Mr. Gamble is a leading public figure in the fight against child exploitation.

  • Has Ireland forgotten its abused children already?

    Ireland is up to its eyeballs of late with talk of the sickening notion of national bankruptcy and the prospect of draconian social cuts in the upcoming national budget. Ireland now has to pay back all of the cash the government borrowed to bail out Irish banks; money borrowed without the population

  • Appreciate life. Today

    Some day, perhaps soon, our lives will change dramatically. This is a guarantee. To quote an old adage; 'it's not if, but when.' For many it already has.

  • Child sex offenders: therapy, prison or death?

    The rape or molestation of a child marks the end of two lives. The victim's and the perpetrators.

  • Child pornography possession is not a victimless crime - open letter to Federal Judge Jack Weinstein

    One Child International CEO Evin Daly today wrote to Federal Judge Jack Weinstein in response to an article which appeared in the New York Times on May 21. In the article written by NY Times journalist A. G. Sulzberger, entitled 'Defiant Judge Takes On Child Pornography Law,' Judge Weinstein argues

  • Acknowledging domestic and child abuse is a (very) recent phenomenon

    One would be forgiven for thinking that Western society has been combating child and domestic violence for some time. Given the virulent outrage against the Catholic Church's harboring and protection of pedophiles, the daily prosecution of child abusers of all kinds, the increasing public awareness

  • Priests Raping Children: the ugly truth

    It's no secret; I have this deep-seated abhorrence for adults who rape children. It also boils my blood to see that we have become desensitized to the incidents of rape perpetrated by our clergy, perhaps as a result of the overwhelming volume of complaints. It's hard to get our head around the fact

  • Irish Bishop Brennan, on his request for funds to pay for child abuse claims, told 'No.'

    On Tuesday last, March 2, Irish Bishop Denis Brennan of the parish of Ferns asked his parishioners for cash to pay some bills.

  • George Gibney: Perverted Justice

    Imagine with me for a few moments. Imagine you are a child. Imagine you are a child who has been raised to respect your elders. Imagine you are a child who has been raised to appreciate that if you work hard you will succeed. Imagine you are a child in a sport who has been raised to listen

  • Irish Ways and Irish Laws; dealing with clerical child rapists

    In times of uncertainty the Irish way is to hunker down and let the problem pass. And in a way it was a solution that seemed to work for everyone. Silent glances, rolling eyes, gossip and rumors were quietly monitored by the government and if it threatened the status quo a tribunal would be proposed

  • One Child International Celebrates Irish Child Advocates

    On February 5 2010, One Child International/Child AbuseWatch celebrated their 2010 Child Advocate of the Year Awards in Bewley's Hotel in Leopardstown, Dublin.

  • Townshend fallout: call for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s resignation

    Following tumultuous weeks of bad publicity NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell finds himself under the gun with a call with for his resignation just days before the Super Bowl. Despite pleas from child advocacy groups and the media including Sports Illustrated, Goodell has steadfastly refused to budge o

  • Townshend's growing Super Bowl problems

    Maybe they've doing the NFL a favor by giving them an escape clause - maybe. Child advocate groups have closed ranks against the invitation by the NFL to Pete Townshend of the WHO - a former registered sex offender in the UK - to play the half-time show at the upcoming Super Bowl.

  • WHO's Townshend may have to register as a sex offender in Florida

    Since the story of Townshend sex offender past broke nationally a week ago, which has been a subject of debate and argument, only one question matters.

  • WHO’s Super Bowl XLIV appearance in jeopardy?

    The British band the WHO has come up against a roadblock they had rather hoped to avoid as they prepare for their upcoming appearance at the Super Bowl in February 2010. A ghost from Pete Townshend's past has reappeared and could well put a crimp on his plans and make the show more of a Roger Daltry