The Abuse of Children Online Fr. Shay Cullen 18 May 2017 The arrest last April 20, 2017 of US National David Timothy Deakin in Pampanga the Philippines shows the extent of the evil lurking in the online child abuse sex trade. Deakin was abusing children allegedly on live internet streaming and he tried to erase…
When the Rule of Law Fails Fr. Shay Cullen It was by doing the right thing and alerting the police that a person with knowledge and commitment to defending children’s rights saved a 13-year-old child from possible rape and sexual abuse. The concerned person saw a 69-year-old foreign male bring a small child into a…
The Resilience of Abused Children and Women Fr. Shay Cullen 8 March 2017 Women are the greatest survivors, the most resilient and the most abused. Much of it starts in childhood and they carry it all their lives. Angel is a 13-year old girl, still very much a child, needing attention, care, protection therapy, education…
Respect for Life and Human Dignity Father Shay Cullen, mssc 6 January 2017 Bennie had a thin, hollow face, the picture of malnutrition at 22 years of age, he had never been to school for more than a few months, could not read or write and he was a one-meal man. He ate once a…
Children Are Not Criminals Father Shay Cullen 23 November 2016 There are some haunting images from the past when children as young as 6 years old were incarcerated in jail behind iron bars and mixed with adults in prison cells where they were abused by pedophiles. Hungry children jailed as criminals for begging on the…
Déjà vu: Why I am strongly against our signing the Paris climate deal ‘The reality is that this is a deal crafted to suit the United States, China, and other big emitters’ Walden Bello Published at Rappler November 06, 2016 On the Paris Climate Agreement, I beg to disagree with the assertion that it is…
Human Dignity is the Right of All Fr. Shay Cullen 4 November 2016 We are bombarded daily by the news and images of violence and mayhem. The bombing of Yemen and Aleppo, the horrific war in Iraq and Syria, conflicts in Sudan in Africa and with the deaths and suffering of migrants and refugees fleeing…
There Was Jonathan Fr. Shay Cullen, mssc 28 October 2016 There was Jonathan, a 16-year old teenager. He was from a broken home where love no longer held together a family. There was poverty that kept food from the table and from the mouths of his brother and sisters. Jonathan saw the last of his…
Welcome the Refugees Fr. Shay Cullen 22 September 2016 The bombs keep falling and the barrels fall from the sky and burst with a massive boom and searing, burning flames consume the men, women and children. The chlorine chemical poison spreads among the ruins of Allepo. The people are dead, others are suffering in agony,…
The Vulnerable Children of the Philippines Fr. Shay Cullen 7 September 2016 The death of two small Filipino children caught in the gunfire of the vigilante assassins sent to kill suspected drug users and peddlers is an unfolding tragedy. The shoot-to-kill policy that has claimed as many as 2500 people marked as suspects and killed…
The Methods of Martial Law Fr. Shay Cullen 02 September 2016 The shocking death toll of Filipinos when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972 sent shivers through Filipino society at the time. Such widespread killing of Filipinos by summary execution had never been seen since the Japanese invasion and their severe occupation. His regime…
The Death Penalty is Being Implemented. 18 August 2016 Fr. Shay Cullen Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro want to bring back the death penalty in the Philippines as a deterrent to crime. It can be said that the death penalty is already effectively and practically in force daily. As many as ten…
The Good News is That Justice Has Been Done Fr. Shay Cullen 7 July 2016 The serial child sexual abuser Douglas Slade from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire was sentenced to 24 years in jail after he was extradited back to the UK and faced sexual abuse charges. He was charged in court in Angeles City, Pampanga,…
The Child Prisoners of Philippine Jails Fr. Shay Cullen, mssc 30 June 2016 The recent conviction of notorious British Douglas Slade in the United Kingdom (UK) for multiple acts of sex abuse against children is a historical and significant development. It is rare that British pedophiles are successfully extradited from the Philippines. He fled to…
The Just Judge Saves the Innocent Fr. Shay Cullen 23 June 2016 The Philippines is moving away from an ear of compassion and justice to one where the innocent are targets for assassination and wrongful imprisonment on false charges. In recent weeks dozens of bodies are found shot dead with signs pinned on the bodies,…
Helping the New President Fight Crime Fr. Shay Cullen, mssc There is a wise saying, “Be careful of what you promise. People might believe it.” By June 30, the Philippines will have sworn in a new president, Rodrigo Duterte- famous for his somewhat exaggerated style of speaking and for making election promises to eradicate crime…
Behind the Drug Culture is Child Neglect Fr. Shay Cullen A society without respect and openness to accept and listen to children and youth is like a land without water- everything dies. Parents, relatives and enlightened community leaders are increasingly alarmed and shocked with the spread and common availability of personality and mind-altering dangerous drugs.…
The Destructive Trade in Dangerous Drugs Fr. Shay Cullen 28 May 2016 Young people by the thousands are dropping dead by consuming chemicals into their bodies to forget their problems or just to get an exciting high and overcome inhibition. A few weeks ago in an open air dance concert in Manila, another five people…
Lupa at Hustisya para sa mga Magsasaka: Mensahe ni Walden Bello sa paglulunsad ng Martsa ng Magsasaka 12 April 2016 Isang maalab na pagbati sa inyong lahat. Narito tayo ngayon sa Sariaya upang ilunsad ang isang martsa na naglalayong kalampagin at gisingin ang ating gobyerno. Gobyernong patuloy na isinasawalang bahala ang sunod-sunod na dagok na…
The Daily Crime against Humanity Fr. Shay Cullen I drove from Olongapo City to Subic town recently and pointed to the journalist the row of shuttered, dilapidated and closed-down sex bars that lined the road at Calapandayan, Subic. It is evidence of the success of an anti-trafficking operation conducted by the Preda Foundation social workers…
