Author Archive

There is a need for law reform!

maj 31, 2010

A trial in an English law court this week shows the need for every country to have a more responsible attitude to children. In London, an 11 year old boy and a 10 year old boy were found guilty of the attempted rape of an 8 year old girl. The girl's

Läs mer

The 2010 Soccer World Cup

maj 4, 2010

Next month the greatest sporting event of the year will begin in South Africa. Football teams from 32 countries will battle their way through the 2010 Soccer World Cup watched by millions of viewers on television. Off the screen a different scene is taking place. Tens of thousands of soccer fans

Läs mer

The Irish Priests

mars 15, 2010

The first thousand years of Christianity were marked by arguments about the place of sex in the church. Augustine thought intercourse was “disgusting” and Jerome thought sex was “unclean”. The Christian church struggled with these ideas for many years and the Church of Rome finally concluded that priests must be

Läs mer

Supply and demand

mars 5, 2010

We live in a commercialized world where many people know the cost of everything but the value of nothing. Everything can be bought for a price. The ugliest example of this thinking is in those people who treat children as commodities to be bought or sold. Those of us concerned at

Läs mer