Former CNN producer John Griffin was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl, revealed prosecutors. Griffin earlier pleaded guilty to child sex charges last December as a part of a plea deal which saw two other counts of child sex charges initially filed against him dropped.&nbsp;

The 45-year-old Connecticut man reportedly met a woman online and persuaded her to bring her 9-year-old daughter to his house, where he engaged with the minor girl in illicit sexual activity. According to New York Post, the mother, Heather Carriker, was also arrested and slapped with child sex charges.

A victim during Tuesday’s hearing told the judge that she has difficulties trusting people while telling Griffin that “You make me sad and angry.”

<h2>John Griffin: A proven paedophile</h2>

As per prosecutors, Griffin would communicate with parents having minor girls over Google Hangouts and lure them into making their girls engage in sexual activity with himself. During one of those conversations, Griffin would once say that a “woman is a woman regardless of her age” and that women should be sexually subservient and inferior to men.

In June 2020, Griffin instructed the mother of a 9-year-old and a 13-year-old girl that her responsibility was to ensure her older daughter was "properly trained." He then transferred over $3,000 to the woman for plane tickets, enabling the mother and her 9-year-old daughter to travel from Nevada to Boston.

According to prosecutors, the mother and child flew to Boston in July 2020, where Griffin picked them up in his Tesla and drove them to his residence in Ludlow. At his house, the daughter was coerced into engaging in unlawful sexual activity.

<h2>Other charges of child sex against Griffin</h2>

In exchange for Griffin's guilty plea filed last December, prosecutors dismissed two charges related to allegations that he also attempted to entice two other children into sexual activities. One of these allegations involved a mother and her 14-year-old daughter, to whom Griffin offered a "virtual training session."

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Griffin was employed at CNN for approximately eight years before being terminated following his arrest in December 2021. The mother of the victim, Heather Carriker from Henderson, Nevada, was arrested and charged in August 2020, although the current status of her case remains unknown.

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Former CNN producer John Griffin was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl, revealed prosecutors. Griffin earlier pleaded guilty to child sex charges last December as a part of a plea deal which saw two other counts of child sex charges initially filed against him dropped.

Former CNN producer John Griffin was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl, revealed prosecutors. Griffin earlier pleaded guilty to child sex charges last December as a part of a plea deal which saw two other counts of child sex charges initially filed against him dropped. The 45-year-old Connecticut man reportedly met a woman online and persuaded her to bring her 9-year-old daughter to his house, where he engaged with the minor girl in illicit sexual activity. According to New York Post, the mother, Heather Carriker, was also arrested and slapped with child sex charges. A victim during Tuesday’s hearing told the judge that she has difficulties trusting people while telling Griffin that “You make me sad and angry.” John Griffin: A proven paedophile As per prosecutors, Griffin would communicate with parents having minor girls over Google Hangouts and lure them into making their girls engage in sexual activity with himself. During one of those conversations, Griffin would once say that a “woman is a woman regardless of her age” and that women should be sexually subservient and inferior to men. In June 2020, Griffin instructed the mother of a 9-year-old and a 13-year-old girl that her responsibility was to ensure her older daughter was "properly trained." He then transferred over $3,000 to the woman for plane tickets, enabling the mother and her 9-year-old daughter to travel from Nevada to Boston. According to prosecutors, the mother and child flew to Boston in July 2020, where Griffin picked them up in his Tesla and drove them to his residence in Ludlow. At his house, the daughter was coerced into engaging in unlawful sexual activity. Other charges of child sex against Griffin In exchange for Griffin's guilty plea filed last December, prosecutors dismissed two charges related to allegations that he also attempted to entice two other children into sexual activities. One of these allegations involved a mother and her 14-year-old daughter, to whom Griffin offered a "virtual training session." Also read: Chris Licht exits CNN after 13-month-long crisis-ridden tenure Griffin was employed at CNN for approximately eight years before being terminated following his arrest in December 2021. The mother of the victim, Heather Carriker from Henderson, Nevada, was arrested and charged in August 2020, although the current status of her case remains unknown. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

Former CNN producer John Griffin sentenced to 19 years in jail for sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl

A London council treated vulnerable children in its care as "worthless" and exposed hundreds of them to sex offenders, a years-long inquiry into one of Britain's worst child-abuse scandals found on Tuesday.

Children living in residential homes and foster care run by local authorities in Lambeth in south London were raped, assaulted and abused by staff who felt "untouchable" due to a "culture of cover-up", the report said.

The probe was carried out by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), which was set up in 2015 after a series of high-profile sex-abuse scandals, the most prominent of which involved the late BBC DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile.

It focuses on cases where organisations and institutions have failed to protect children from sexual abuse.

'Callous disregard'

The Lambeth Council inquiry looked into abuse at five children's residential units over several decades since the 1960s.

It said staff "treated children in care as if they were worthless" and displayed "a callous disregard" for them, while those who complained of abuse were disbelieved.

The council only disciplined one member of senior staff after 705 complaints from former residents of children's homes and those in foster care, the report found.

"It's the only report where I've had to put it down at regular intervals because what it's describing is just unrelenting," said John O'Brien, secretary to the inquiry.

One children's home worker was kept on even after his previous conviction for child sexual abuse was uncovered in the 1970s, the report found. He was later convicted of 34 counts of child sexual abuse.

The report warned the true number of victims will be much higher than formally recorded and recommended police consider a criminal investigation into the death of a boy at one care home in 1977.

During the 1980s, children became "pawns in a toxic power game" as the local government was caught up in battling the Conservative central government of Margaret Thatcher, it added.

Lambeth Council has apologised and accepted the report's findings, which come after several other probes into historic sexual abuse, institutional failings and cover-ups in the UK.

The IICSA will present its final report bringing together the results of more than a dozen inquiries to MPs next summer.

Football was also implicated in abuse, with former coach and Manchester City scout Barry Bennell serving a 34-year jail term for abuse dating back to the 1970s.

Investigators have also been wrong-footed. In the most notorious case, Carl Beech claimed senior politicians and security personnel raped and abused him in the 1970s and 1980s, leading police to open an investigation.

But he was jailed for 18 years in 2019 for perverting the course of justice, fraud and possession of indecent images after his lies were uncovered. &nbsp;

A London council treated vulnerable children in its care as "worthless" and exposed hundreds of them to sex offenders, a years-long inquiry into one of Britain's worst child-abuse scandals found on Tuesday.

A London council treated vulnerable children in its care as "worthless" and exposed hundreds of them to sex offenders, a years-long inquiry into one of Britain's worst child-abuse scandals found on Tuesday. Children living in residential homes and foster care run by local authorities in Lambeth in south London were raped, assaulted and abused by staff who felt "untouchable" due to a "culture of cover-up", the report said. The probe was carried out by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), which was set up in 2015 after a series of high-profile sex-abuse scandals, the most prominent of which involved the late BBC DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile. It focuses on cases where organisations and institutions have failed to protect children from sexual abuse. 'Callous disregard' The Lambeth Council inquiry looked into abuse at five children's residential units over several decades since the 1960s. It said staff "treated children in care as if they were worthless" and displayed "a callous disregard" for them, while those who complained of abuse were disbelieved. The council only disciplined one member of senior staff after 705 complaints from former residents of children's homes and those in foster care, the report found. "It's the only report where I've had to put it down at regular intervals because what it's describing is just unrelenting," said John O'Brien, secretary to the inquiry. One children's home worker was kept on even after his previous conviction for child sexual abuse was uncovered in the 1970s, the report found. He was later convicted of 34 counts of child sexual abuse. The report warned the true number of victims will be much higher than formally recorded and recommended police consider a criminal investigation into the death of a boy at one care home in 1977. During the 1980s, children became "pawns in a toxic power game" as the local government was caught up in battling the Conservative central government of Margaret Thatcher, it added. Lambeth Council has apologised and accepted the report's findings, which come after several other probes into historic sexual abuse, institutional failings and cover-ups in the UK. The IICSA will present its final report bringing together the results of more than a dozen inquiries to MPs next summer. Football was also implicated in abuse, with former coach and Manchester City scout Barry Bennell serving a 34-year jail term for abuse dating back to the 1970s. Investigators have also been wrong-footed. In the most notorious case, Carl Beech claimed senior politicians and security personnel raped and abused him in the 1970s and 1980s, leading police to open an investigation. But he was jailed for 18 years in 2019 for perverting the course of justice, fraud and possession of indecent images after his lies were uncovered.

London council exposed children to sex abusers: Report

Police officers in Germany have identified more than 1,600 potential child-sex abuse suspects who might have been involved in child pornography and zoophilia.

As per the police, these suspects might have participated in online chat groups that shared child pornographic material, and many of the participants are minors.

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The main participants were majorly from the US, Switzerland, Austria, and France in the chat groups. A lot of people were also identified from different parts of the country.

Now, the suspects are being processed and interrogated as part of "two large-scale trials" by police and prosecutors, the Bavarian police reported. The statement also added that if these suspects are proven guilty and convicted, they could face jail time for no less than a year.

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This matter came to light when some police officers in the Bavarian town of Amberg came across a graphic advertisement that showed several images and videos of sex acts with children, animals, and adolescents.

"The distribution of child and adolescent pornography has increased markedly in recent years and is an area of focus for us in many investigations," said Peter Krämer, deputy head of criminal police investigations in Amberg. "As well as people with pedophile tendencies, it is often children and adolescents who share material like this in group chats without thinking, and who therefore regularly open themselves up to criminal prosecution."

Police officers in Germany have identified more than 1,600 potential child-sex abuse suspects who might have been involved in child pornography and zoophilia. As per the police, these suspects might have participated in online chat groups that shared child pornographic material, and many of the participants are minors.

Police officers in Germany have identified more than 1,600 potential child-sex abuse suspects who might have been involved in child pornography and zoophilia. As per the police, these suspects might have participated in online chat groups that shared child pornographic material, and many of the participants are minors. Also read | This is how social media giants are feeding dangerous content The main participants were majorly from the US, Switzerland, Austria, and France in the chat groups. A lot of people were also identified from different parts of the country. Now, the suspects are being processed and interrogated as part of "two large-scale trials" by police and prosecutors, the Bavarian police reported. The statement also added that if these suspects are proven guilty and convicted, they could face jail time for no less than a year. Also read | Delhi Police sends notice to Twitter over child pornography content This matter came to light when some police officers in the Bavarian town of Amberg came across a graphic advertisement that showed several images and videos of sex acts with children, animals, and adolescents. "The distribution of child and adolescent pornography has increased markedly in recent years and is an area of focus for us in many investigations," said Peter Krämer, deputy head of criminal police investigations in Amberg. "As well as people with pedophile tendencies, it is often children and adolescents who share material like this in group chats without thinking, and who therefore regularly open themselves up to criminal prosecution."

German police identifies 1,600 potential child sex-abuse suspects

Pope Francis promised that <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/pope-francis-guidelines-for-concrete-change-over-sex-abuse-198812">concrete action against child sexual abuse by priests</a> would result from a conference he opened on Thursday, with one cardinal acknowledging that the Church had to fight "the enemy within".

Francis convened Catholic leaders from around the world for the four-day meeting to address the scandal that has ravaged the Church's credibility in the United States - where it has paid billions of dollars in settlements - Ireland, Chile, Australia, and elsewhere over the last three decades.

His opening remarks appeared aimed at countering scepticism among victims who said the meeting looked like a public relations exercise.

"Faced with the scourge of sexual abuse committed by men of the Church against minors, I wanted to reach out to you," Francis told the assembled bishops and heads of religious orders. He asked them to "listen to the cry of the little ones who are seeking justice".

Francis, opening the conference of nearly 200 participants in a Vatican auditorium, added that victims deserve "concrete and efficient measures" and not mere condemnations.

Victims were mixed in their response, with some expressing cautious optimism and others saying it was too little, too late.

Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez of Bogota said the damage was home-grown, in large part because bishops had closeted themselves in a clerical mentality and some thought they could act with impunity.

"The first enemies are within us, among us bishops and priests and consecrated persons who have not lived up to our vocation. We have to recognise that the enemy is within," he said.

The pope and the participants watched a video of five victims, most of whom wished to remain anonymous, telling painful stories of abuse and cover-up.

"From the age of 15 I had sexual relations with a priest. This lasted for 13 years. I got pregnant three times and he made me have an abortion three times, quite simply because he did not want to use condoms or contraceptives," a woman said.

"MURDERERS OF THE FAITH"

Juan Carlos Cruz, a Chilean, said on the video that when he reported abuse to religious authorities he was treated as a liar and an enemy of the Church.

"You are the physicians of the soul and yet, with rare exceptions, you have been transformed - in some cases - into murderers of the soul, into murderers of the faith. What a terrible contradiction," he said.

Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines broke into tears as he read a keynote speech that acknowledged: "Wounds have been inflicted by us, the bishops, on the victims".

A list of 21 "reflection points" written by the pope was handed out. The first was that each diocese should have a "practical handbook" on steps to be taken when cases emerge.

They included actions such as informing civil authorities of substantial accusations in compliance with local law and making sure non-clerics are involved in Church investigations of abuse.

"Putting together a handbook after all this time is laughable," said Peter Isely, who was abused by a priest as a boy and now heads the advocacy group Ending Clergy Abuse.

Most of the 21 points are already practised in countries like the United States.

In Ireland, the sexual abuse scandal shattered the power of the Church which four decades ago dominated society. In the past four years, voters approved abortion and gay marriage, defying the Vatican.

In Chile, all of the country's bishops offered their resignations to the pope last year over a widespread cover-up. Francis accepted seven of the resignations and dismissed two others from the priesthood.

A report by a grand jury in Pennsylvania last year revealed that priests had sexually abused about 1,000 people over seven decades in that US state alone.

Before the conference started, some victims' groups said the event was an attempt to cleanse the image of the 1.3 billion-member Church.

But Anne Barrett-Doyle of bishopaccountablity.org, which tracks abuse cases around the world, said she was pleasantly surprised by the pope's opening remarks.

"They said this was going to just be a teaching session, but he is now talking about concrete measures. That's good, but let's see how it ends up," she told Reuters.

Pope Francis promised that concrete action against child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened on Thursday, with one cardinal acknowledging that the Church had to fight "the enemy within".

Pope Francis promised that concrete action against child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened on Thursday, with one cardinal acknowledging that the Church had to fight "the enemy within". Francis convened Catholic leaders from around the world for the four-day meeting to address the scandal that has ravaged the Church's credibility in the United States - where it has paid billions of dollars in settlements - Ireland, Chile, Australia, and elsewhere over the last three decades. His opening remarks appeared aimed at countering scepticism among victims who said the meeting looked like a public relations exercise. "Faced with the scourge of sexual abuse committed by men of the Church against minors, I wanted to reach out to you," Francis told the assembled bishops and heads of religious orders. He asked them to "listen to the cry of the little ones who are seeking justice". Francis, opening the conference of nearly 200 participants in a Vatican auditorium, added that victims deserve "concrete and efficient measures" and not mere condemnations. Victims were mixed in their response, with some expressing cautious optimism and others saying it was too little, too late. Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez of Bogota said the damage was home-grown, in large part because bishops had closeted themselves in a clerical mentality and some thought they could act with impunity. "The first enemies are within us, among us bishops and priests and consecrated persons who have not lived up to our vocation. We have to recognise that the enemy is within," he said. The pope and the participants watched a video of five victims, most of whom wished to remain anonymous, telling painful stories of abuse and cover-up. "From the age of 15 I had sexual relations with a priest. This lasted for 13 years. I got pregnant three times and he made me have an abortion three times, quite simply because he did not want to use condoms or contraceptives," a woman said. "MURDERERS OF THE FAITH" Juan Carlos Cruz, a Chilean, said on the video that when he reported abuse to religious authorities he was treated as a liar and an enemy of the Church. "You are the physicians of the soul and yet, with rare exceptions, you have been transformed - in some cases - into murderers of the soul, into murderers of the faith. What a terrible contradiction," he said. Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines broke into tears as he read a keynote speech that acknowledged: "Wounds have been inflicted by us, the bishops, on the victims". A list of 21 "reflection points" written by the pope was handed out. The first was that each diocese should have a "practical handbook" on steps to be taken when cases emerge. They included actions such as informing civil authorities of substantial accusations in compliance with local law and making sure non-clerics are involved in Church investigations of abuse. "Putting together a handbook after all this time is laughable," said Peter Isely, who was abused by a priest as a boy and now heads the advocacy group Ending Clergy Abuse. Most of the 21 points are already practised in countries like the United States. In Ireland, the sexual abuse scandal shattered the power of the Church which four decades ago dominated society. In the past four years, voters approved abortion and gay marriage, defying the Vatican. In Chile, all of the country's bishops offered their resignations to the pope last year over a widespread cover-up. Francis accepted seven of the resignations and dismissed two others from the priesthood. A report by a grand jury in Pennsylvania last year revealed that priests had sexually abused about 1,000 people over seven decades in that US state alone. Before the conference started, some victims' groups said the event was an attempt to cleanse the image of the 1.3 billion-member Church. But Anne Barrett-Doyle of bishopaccountablity.org, which tracks abuse cases around the world, said she was pleasantly surprised by the pope's opening remarks. "They said this was going to just be a teaching session, but he is now talking about concrete measures. That's good, but let's see how it ends up," she told Reuters.

Victims testify at child sex abuse conference, Pope promises to fight ‘enemy within’

Over the weekend users&nbsp;on YouTube found very inappropriate search results for the phrase &quot;how to have&quot;.

The suggestions that followed for the result included &quot;how to have s*x with your kids&quot; and &quot;how to have s*ex with kids in school&quot;, various media report stated.

The matter was first discovered by BuzzFeed.

The US-based digital media company searched the phrase &quot;how to have&quot; on various devices in incognito mode.

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YouTube admitted to the disturbing search results and described the matter as &quot;profoundly disturbing&quot;.

The video sharing website said it was investigating the matter to find out what caused the results.&nbsp;

In a statement, YouTube spokesperson said: &quot;Earlier today our teams were alerted to this profoundly disturbing autocomplete result and we worked to quickly remove it as soon as we were made aware.&quot; &nbsp;

YouTube also assured that it has changed the way its autofill feature worked after reports of paedophilic phrases emerged.

The suggestions that followed for the result included 'how to have s*x with your kids' and 'how to have s*ex with kids in school', various media report stated

Over the weekend users on YouTube found very inappropriate search results for the phrase "how to have". The suggestions that followed for the result included "how to have s*x with your kids" and "how to have s*ex with kids in school", various media report stated. The matter was first discovered by BuzzFeed. The US-based digital media company searched the phrase "how to have" on various devices in incognito mode. Seeing this sceenshot float around so I just did it myself in incognito mode. This i a VERY troubling YouTube search autocomplete, no? pic.twitter.com/Nj0IlV4OpU — Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) November 26, 2017 × YouTube admitted to the disturbing search results and described the matter as "profoundly disturbing". The video sharing website said it was investigating the matter to find out what caused the results. In a statement, YouTube spokesperson said: "Earlier today our teams were alerted to this profoundly disturbing autocomplete result and we worked to quickly remove it as soon as we were made aware." YouTube also assured that it has changed the way its autofill feature worked after reports of paedophilic phrases emerged.

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