Canadian sex offender who preyed on Filipino children gets longer sentence

AN APPELLATE court in Canada has increased the sentence for an online sex offender who was originally ordered to spend 12 years in prison for directing and paying for the live streamed sexual abuse of Filipino children ages 2 to 9 years old living in Leyte in central Philippines.

International Justice Mission Cebu Field Office Director John Tanagho lauded the decision. “IJM welcomes this appellate court decision because it acknowledges the severe harm that online sex offenders cause by directing and paying for new sexual abuse of very young, vulnerable children. Online offenders are the money and minds behind violent sexual abuse and must be held accountable according to the severity of their offenses.

The appellate court also noted that the sentence is “perhaps the longest ever imposed in this jurisdiction for sexual offences against children.” Operatives from the Philippine National Police’s Women and Children Protection Center -Visayas Field Unit arrested a female online trafficker and rescued her daughter and eight other children ages 2 to 9 years old. Her spouse -- a local barangay counselor -- was arrested six months later via an arrest warrant.

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