20 May 2009
The below article was found at http://newsbreak.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6161&Itemid=88889458. My comments follow.
Will the WHO Waiver Diplomatic Immunity of Suspected Child Rapist?
01 - Andrew was a frail, malnourished 12 year-old kid when Willy, a 21 year-old pimp, told him last May 8 that "Doctor Daddy" was "in" and waiting for him. Andrew knew what he had to do. He went with Willy by bus to a pick-up point and then walked to a parked Silver Mazda with heavily tinted windows and got in.
02 - A short drive later, they were parked in the Amorsolo basement (translated as Only-One-Love) and the doctor, an official of the United Nations World Heath Organization (WHO) began his nightly ritual of sexually abusing the young boy. It was not the first time but one of many. According to Willy, his trusted pimp, over the past seven years "Doctor Daddy" has had regular nightly sexual encounters with young boys between the ages of 11 and 15. He paid the boys about US$5. Neither "Doctor Daddy" nor his victims can be named under anti-trafficking laws.
03 - The arrest of the 47 year-old suspect from Sydney came about after a tip-off from a television investigative group, GMA7 Imbestigador, who were making a documentary on child abuse, some of which was filmed at the Preda Children's Home a few days previously. On 9 May 2009, Imbestigador broadcast an interview with this writer.
04 - The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group's Women and Children's Protection Division (CIDG-WCPD) responded to the information supplied by the TV investigators and followed his car to the basement parking lot. They opened the doors and found a half-naked boy beside the suspect. The pimp was in the back seat.
05 - Five more child victims from the same district of Pasay City have come forward to identify "Doctor Daddy" as their abuser. Senior Supt. Theresa Ann Cid, Chief of CIDG-WCPD said she will file charges with the prosecutor's office. This case is a serious dilemma for the WHO. It is totally committed to protecting children and abhors child sexual abuse yet the suspect has UN WHO diplomatic immunity. Unless the WHO waivers his diplomatic immunity the suspect cannot be charged, but will they do it?
06 - The Philippine government under President Macapagal-Arroyo is very reluctant to prosecute foreigners or even to uphold the convictions of foreigners who rape Filipinos, national dignity and pride as a sovereign nation notwithstanding. The recent acquittal on appeal of a US serviceman, Daniel Smith, convicted and sentenced to life for rape is just one example. Prosecuting foreigners is really bad for business. Government officials and politicians who represent the big families and their business empires are striving to make the Philippines a welcoming and attractive place for foreign investors, even if many of them are sexually exploiting vulnerable Filipino women and children.
07 - The purpose of government in the Philippines today is not to protect the people from harm and hurt but to see that the business interests of the ruling elite and their international partners prosper. As elections draw close, they need to raise billions to be re-elected and continue protecting their ascendancy and crony capitalism.
08 - The politicians, especially those in the tourist and property business abhor the media spectacle of foreigners on trial in Philippine courts. Not because such prosecutions expose the sordid tolerance and encouragement they give to the sex mafia and the international pimping industry, but because trials of pedophiles and sex tourists drive away business investors. The law is for show not for implementation. Thousands of Filipino teenagers are trafficked, sold and raped weekly in the sex bars and karaoke joints that have sprung up everywhere. Hardly any of the operators or customers are ever brought to trial despite many complaints filed against them by their victims.
09 - We need a sustained international campaign to protest against the daily sexual exploitation of women and children, not a protest reserved for one or two isolated cases. Besides high profile cases like those of "Doctor Daddy" and Daniel Smith, there are hundreds more that need to be exposed and prosecuted. There has to be a change in public policy to protect vulnerable children at all costs, even where this protection costs the elite money moguls a lot of tourist dollars. With an election looming, that is not likely. END
The above article, written by Shay Cullen has some serious thoughts, but I also have some serious thoughts about what Shay Cullen is doing in reality. For one thing, he is quick to name the names of victims, yet the perpetrators are well hidden. Why?
For my purposes only, I numbered the above paragraphs for ready reference. The numbers were NOT part of the original text I received over the internet.
For example, in paragraph 01, couldn’t the story be just as well read without inserting the name of the victim? Why could the paragraph not start out as “The child” rather than a name? And why not give Willy’s full name, unless it is totally fictitious? If Shay Cullen knew the two went by bus, why not name the bus line? This is not derogatory to the bus company, as they only transport people. What about the “silver Mazda”? No license plate number?
For paragraph 02, Shay Cullen shows his compunction to believe the worst. For example, Amorsolo can be broken down into two words, but they do not necessarily mean “Only-One-Love”: Amor does mean “love” in Spanish, but solo means “alone”, does it not? Furthermore, the word might be simply a name without any emotional or affectionate context at all. Therefore, Shay Cullen’s interpretation can be brought into question, if you wish.
At any rate, according to the text, Shay Cullen must have talked to this pimp called “Willy”, but still deems it inadvisable to reveal the pervert’s real name. Why? Furthermore, Shay Cullen makes a slight mistake here: It may be true that “victims” may not be named, especially if they are under aged, but Shay Cullen has ALREADY DONE THAT. He never qualifies the boy’s name as being fictitious, if indeed it is, but since when, or more importantly, why would those who break laws to this degree afforded any such protection? The boy’s name is given, but a fictitious name is given to the pervert and the middle man pimp is partially named. Does this make any sense at all?
Now, I can understand the reluctance of the World Health Organization not to allow the name of their “Doctor Daddy” to be named, but I think that reluctance to allow his name to be disclosed could well backfire on them, leading people to rightly conclude that, like the Catholic Church, they need to protect their pedophiles. To which I state is stupid, plain and simple. Mind you, I said “I state” not what you need or want to believe or state.
If the WHO also refuses to pull his diplomatic immunity and allow the prosecution of a man caught red-handed in the act of criminally abusing children as reported in the media, this will degrade their standing as an international symbol of honor and respect. But that would be their choice.
Paragraphs 06 through 09 can be read by pedophiles as a clear invitation to come to the Philippines.
Why does Shay Cullen continue to resort to ineffective protests and marches when he has names and events and could actually get pedophiles off the streets? THEN he could crow about his achievements! But I honestly believe that he is only seeking more donations and glory, not an actual end to the degradation of the victims. If he was really interested in getting pedophiles off the streets or getting children out of jail as he claims, why is it his actions are exactly the reverse?
Why do I say that? I write to get perverts jailed and off the streets, yet he campaigns to have me deported. It seems I am more on his side than anything else. He and his staff, however, signed and campaigned successfully to get two boys in court, and had one boy in jail for two years. Shay Cullen is a priest, but does he try to help families like mine? No, he and his staff spend time and money filing false charges and trying to break up families, mine being only one.
These are backgrounds that Shay Cullen does NOT want the world to know.
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