A large-scale police operation in Europe has led to the arrest of 79 people and 39 minors have been placed under protection. “There are real victims here, we must act to protect our children”.

The first surviving Christian writing outside the New Testament, Didache, already makes a statement against abortion, infanticide and paedophilia.

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

Images of child rape are available online long after the victims are rescued, the Internet Watch Foundation said in a recent report. “The cause of the problem is the demand”.