The Anglican Church of Pakistan welcomes an initiative that will “pave the way for unified action on forced conversions of underage girls and misuse of the blasphemy laws”.

The ‘I am a Guardian’ movement celebrated its tenth anniversary with its annual training on how to prevent and address child and adolescent abuse.

The eroticisation of girls is clearly the root of countless negative consequences for society and for women. I outline seven of them.

The National Council of Evangelicals in France strengthens its action to identify abuses and listen to victims from church contexts.

The Teenage Mothers project of ‘Alianza Solidaria’ in Bolivia helps young mothers between the age of 12 and 18. “It's a light to enlighten them”, says one of its leaders.

The directive “adds new crimes”, which include surrogacy for the purposes of reproductive exploitation. It will now be negotiated with the European Council.

Six panelists from different fields will analyse the issue in an online forum organised ahead of the film ‘Sound of Freedom’ premiere.

The film on child trafficking began to be screened in a dozen of Eastern European countries in August. In the UK, it was the fourth most seen movie the first weekend.

The court says Brian Houston had “a reasonable excuse” for not reporting the offence to the police in 1999. The pastor says he is aware that his father was “a serial paedophile”.

The film grossed over 100 million dollars in 3 weeks in the US and Canada. Release dates in Europe have not been announced yet.

The book I don't like that secret! by Christian police officer Salvador Martí, seeks to prevent child abuse.

An independent commission documented cases since the 1950s. Eight in ten abusers were priests and most of the victims were boys aged 10-14.   

A report shows that forced labour and forced marriage have risen significantly in the last five years, specially among women and children.

The Congress approved the declaration of 19 November as National Day for the fight against child abuse. In Peru 80% of those cases take place in the household.

His wife has also been sentenced to two years in prison. The Evangelical Federation ratifies its policy of “zero tolerance” for any hint of abuse in church contexts.

Portugal receives over 100 complains of sexual abuses in only five days. An independent report in Germany on the cover-up of sexual abuse in Munich has also been published.

We talk to Salvador Martí, a Christian police officer and creator of a safeguardind workshop for children.

The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church said it is a “minimum estimate” and warns that there could be up to 10,000 victims.

The pastor was immediately dismissed. The Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain “categorically and forcefully condemns any case of sexual abuse”.

Supreme Court declines petition to protect Christian girls from forcible conversion to Islam and marriage to Muslims.

Christian psychologist Jonatan Serrano analyses the consequences of the normalisation of pornography in society. “No one would leave a child with a loaded gun in his pocket because he might hurt others or himself, but we are doing that with pornography”.

Church leaders and rights activists fear that shelter homes, police and courts facilitate the forced conversions of Christian girls.

The Infancy Working Group of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance launches a Protocol for Child Protection. “We still have a long way to go”, says Javier Martín.

“We have a responsibility to prevent, to react and to set an example in whatever we can do”, the CNEF says. Since 2019, eleven cases in evangelical churches have been reported.

German police detain four men and shut down a dark web platform that had over 400,000 users from around the world.