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Posted on 09/05/2009 12:08:09 PM PDT by NYer
ROME, SEPT. 4, 2009 (Zenit.org).- A hundred online pedophile communities will be disconnected and prosecuted by U.S. and Italian authorities thanks to the work of the Meter Association, founded by Italian Father Fortunato Di Noto.
ZENIT learned from the association that the networks consisted of some 18,181 people who used online community Web sites to host and exchange "thousands of images and video footage -- 27,894 pedophiliac photos and 1,617 videos -- as well as information regarding the trade of minors."
The news was further publicized by Rome's Italian police force, in cooperation with other security forces.
"Thousands of children were involved," the association added.
Father Di Noto, a native of Sicily, explained that with the aid of a team of volunteers, Meter discovered "a universe that is not virtual, but real, in which people can register and exchange pornographic material of minors -- photos, videos, even dates with minors -- through one of the most well known social networks in the United States."
The association stated that "investigators both in Italy and in the United States termed the uncovered material an 'authentic horror,' with newborns and children of a very young age as the objects of violence and sexual abuse."
Meter, which is a pioneering association in the struggle against pedophilia, worked for six months in order to deliver the current evidence to the Italian police department that deals with Internet crimes. The charges were subsequently communicated to the North American authorities.
Response
Father Di Noto, a pastor in the town of Avola, stated: "It is impossible to describe the horrors we have seen, uncovered and denounced in six months. Constant vigilance has brought unexpected results, and today we have more hope than ever that online pederasty and pedophilia, crimes against children and against humanity, can and shall be defeated."
The priest added: "There is not a nation which has not been involved. Tens of thousands of people produce, exchange and possess material, and violate children."
"This is not 'virtual' material," he asserted, "but real, so real that when you hear in the videos the children's screams of pain, when you see in the photos the faces of the newborns, you can hear the drama, the pain, the suffering."
The association stated that online social networking sites have provoked a change in the pedophiles' strategies.
Father Di Noto explained, "The social network is a double-edged sword in matters of pedophilia: On the one hand, it permits communication between pedophiles and in a certain sense, increases their possibilities; on the other hand, it is the most efficient instrument for security forces to find and disconnect their Web sites."
The priest reported that over the past five years, his association has secured 1,064 charges and reported almost 6,000 sites to the authorities.
For this reason, the founder of Meter launched an appeal, to journalists in particular, to keep public awareness us and to "not to let down the guard against this crime."
In reporting about this type of thing, he said the authorities as well as the legislators will be motivated to give an adequate response to the terrible suffering of these children.
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On the Net:
Meter Association: http://www.associazionemeter.org/
Any in the White House so far?
They seem to have every other form of weirdo in there.
Good job by the priest to do this. I would be banned if I said what I think should happen to the perps though.
Line ‘em up.
PIng.
Facebook or MySpace?
Thank you, Father De Noto!
This priest’s investigation has uncovered more pedophiles in six months than the FBI; US Marshals; ICE; USPS; and all other LEAs have in the past ten years!!
That’s remarkable.
Yes, it is remarkable and to think those agencies had them at their fingertips.
They have the ability, but lack the will.
This is a classical example of why you don't want the government running health care or any other aspect of your life. There are too many levels of bureaucracy and plenty of bumbling idiot friends in positions of power. Consider the resources of the FBI vs a parish priest.
You make an excellent point!
I hope . . . I trust . . . please tell me it’s true . . .
that the Vatican WILL 1,000% put it’s full weight behind vigorous prosecution of such hideous creatures?
I hope so.
I was thinking I’d like to help him, but I don’t think I could stomach it.
He must have 1,000 guardian angels surrounding him to help him stomach the enormous task he has taken on.
Well, they do want to indoctrinate the children on Tuesday...
A good-news bump
INDEED.
However, gitmo, we all CAN PRAY for their efforts to take such creatures forever off the streets and off the net—preferably terminally out of contact with all human beings.
One of the more hideous issues is the rumor that . . . the . . . elite’s ruling the globe . . . require such . . .
‘activities’
for joining their club . . . a real satanic ritual of horrific proportions.
Kind of puts a new stink in the air about a certain chronically elevated nose.
My thoughts, exactly. God Bless and protect him.
Can you give us details on that?
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