A Whole New Fielf of BL Ministry!!!!!
Submitted by Kirk on July 22 1999 at 07:28:57
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What a bigoted article! This isn't a problem . . . it is a new ministry field for those of us at CBLF! We can go to Ethiopia, love little boys (you know what I mean!), AND deduct it from our taxes! PERFECT! UK Politics - From the BBC Paedophiles 'targeting aid agencies' Paedophile rings are setting up fake charities to prey on children The Foreign Office has promised to investigate reports of paedophiles targeting aid agencies to prey on children in the developing world. The National Criminal Intelligence Service, the agency responsible for monitoring known child abusers, has described the problem as equivalent to sex tourism in Thailand and other countries. A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said details about alleged incidents in Ethiopia had been passed to Scotland Yard by the British embassy in Addis Ababa. According to an investigation by The Guardian, paedophiles from the United Kingdom and Canada have infiltrated an aid agency working with orphans from the Ethiopian famine. The newspaper says the men went to live in a children's village called Jari in the southern Wollo region, where they worked for Terre des Hommes Lausanne, Switzerland's largest children's charity. An NCIS spokesman also said he knew of paedophile networks who had created fake charities in Third World countries. "These pretend charities are in effect nothing more than paedophile rings," he said. The Ethiopia project director of Save the Children has also written to his staff after learning of the Jari infiltration. "The lesson that must be learned is that paedophilia is a major but frequently hidden problem. We also know the aid agencies that work with children are vulnerable to being targeted by paedophiles." Other charities and aid agencies have equally expressed concern about the danger of child abusers and sex offenders getting to work with children, who have often already survived horrific experiences. A spokesman for Terre des Hommes Lausanne admitted: "We are afraid this could happen to us again." The Foreign Office spokeswoman promised action would be taken to tackle the issue. "We will be looking to work with foreign governments in combating this problem," she said. |