The damage done by coronavirus lockdowns is immeasurable. A disturbing report finds that online sexual abuse of children more than doubled during the coronavirus lockdowns in the Philippines.
a disturbing report that found “online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines” more than doubled during the coronavirus lockdowns — and “many of the predators are Australians.”
“It is absolutely brutal. She will end up begging because she wants him just to send some money without having to have a show because she needs to buy food for her children and medicines,” an Australian detective posted to the Philippines said of communications she witnessed between a facilitator and a client.
The effectiveness of the task force has produced a tidal wave of children seized from their abusive families who will probably spend the rest of their childhoods in care facilities and foster homes. Some of the abusive parents were unrepentant, telling the police they had no other way to make money during the pandemic.
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