A tragic, but consistent, finding in research on prostitution is the frequent correlation between childhood sexual assault and exploitation in the commercial sex trade.
Joseph McAuley
Joseph McAuley is an assistant editor of America.
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Environmentalist priest in Peru says little has changed since pope’s visit
A 75-year-old Swiss priest, the Rev. Xavier Arbex, who has lived and worked in Peru for over 40 years, has said that little has changed since Pope Francis’ visit a year ago. The priest has decried the abuse done to people as well as the environment.
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‘The Prophet,’ ‘10 Commandments’ and other religious works enter public domain
Originally published in 1923, the works were slated to enter the public domain — meaning others are free to adapt and otherwise use them — in 1999. But Congress extended the copyrights for 20 more years.
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Inmates at Panama youth prison anticipate visit from pope
On his trip to Panama for the World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis will visit the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center in Las Garzas, which is Panama’s main youth lockup. While there, the pope will pray with the inmates, offer a message of peace and reconciliation and will also hear their confessions. This will be the first time Pope Francis has done so on a pilgrimage.
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Zimbabwe president: Violence by security forces ‘unacceptable’
As economic unrest roils Zimbabwe, amid numerous arrests, deaths and injuries due to the security forces’ crackdown on dissent, President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for national diagloue among political parties and civic leaders.
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Mexico appears willing but unready to hold U.S. refugees
The Government of Mexico has announced it is willing to house and protect refugees seeking admission to the United States but the number of people awaiting processing could reach in the tens of thousands, causing many to wonder if Mexico has the capacity to offer shelter to so many people.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Christian Moralist
Born 100 years ago, Solzhenitsyn was not sold on democracy, but battled what he perceived to be an amoral pragmatism.
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Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled that the Trump administration cannot refuse asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. The judge ruled that the president cannot rewrite laws or impose conditions that Congress has already forbade.
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US hardens border at Tijuana to prepare for migrant caravan
The U.S. government said it was starting work Tuesday to “harden” the border crossing from Tijuana, Mexico, to prepare for the arrival of a migrant caravan leapfrogging its way across western Mexico.
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Australian priest: Asia Bibi decision sets legal precedent in Pakistan
Asia Bibi has been released from death row and prison in Pakistan and is now under heavy protective guard in a secret location with her family, reported a longtime Catholic missionary involved with negotiations in Pakistan about her case.