WARNING: This story discusses sexual abuse and may be upsetting.

A man who raped his granddaughters in their beds, shower, a shed and his car told them he would put them up for adoption if they told anyone.

The defendant, who has name suppression to protect the identity of his victims, started when the victims were four or five years old and continued for roughly 10 years.

The defendant appeared before a jury of seven women and six men in the Palmerston North District Court this week facing 67 charges of rape, unlawful sexual connection and performing indecent acts against his two granddaughters and two of their friends.

Today, he unexpectedly pleaded guilty, before the girls gave their evidence.

WARNING: This story discusses sexual abuse and may be upsetting.

A man who raped his granddaughters in their beds, shower, a shed and his car told them he would put them up for adoption if they told anyone.

The defendant, who has name suppression to protect the identity of his victims, started when the victims were four or five years old and continued for roughly 10 years.

The defendant appeared before a jury of seven women and six men in the Palmerston North District Court this week facing 67 charges of rape, unlawful sexual connection and performing indecent acts against his two granddaughters and two of their friends.

Today, he unexpectedly pleaded guilty, before the girls gave their evidence.

Important Note: Please be sure to read this entire page, and especially be sure to watch the video linked at the bottom of this page.

*While this website is mostly geared toward Adoptees who were adopted through the Korean Adoption Agency Korea Social Service (KSS), there is also information here which is relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees, regardless of their Korean Adoption Agency. Please read carefully to note what info. is purely relevant to KSS Adoptees and what is generally relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees.

The National Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC) in Korea assists Korean Adoptees only after a Korean Adoptee has exhausted all possible options for Birth Family Search through her or his Korean Adoption Agency (in this case, KSS).

Please Note: NCRC assists Korean Adoptees regardless of her or his Korean Adoption Agency. Even if you are not from KSS, NCRC can assist in your Birth Family Search by corresponding with your Korean Adoption Agency.

KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees ONLY should initiate a Birth Family Search through KSS FIRST, BEFORE contacting NCRC.

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS from the United Nations have criticised the Irish Government’s response to the “systemic racism” faced by mixed-race people who passed through State and religious-run institutions between the 1940s and 1990s.

In a statement released today, the experts say that many mixed-race children “had their childhood stolen because of the racial discrimination and systemic racism that prevailed in the childcare institutions at the time”.

Some mixed-race children were not placed for adoption because of their skin colour and ended up in industrial schools or other institutions.

The UN experts say the Government has not sufficiently addressed this issue, and that its planned redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes and related institutions is inadequate.

The letter is signed by several special rapporteurs who are tasked with monitoring countries to ensure that people’s human rights are upheld as set out under international law and treaties.

Arrest of one of the most influential men in Spain, the communicator and consultant Nacho Jacob (his real name is Ignacio de Jacob y Gomez), 41, called "The Count of the Sweet Wells" (Conde de Pozos Dulzes) royalist and affirmed and assumed Catholic. He was caught red-handed in a room at the Nelva Hotel in Murcia, on July 19, 2022. Other sources inform that he was caught in the hotel parking lot. The police have already managed to identify 3 other victims and are looking for others whom the police presume are numerous.

He is a partner of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation and collaborator of “Nuevo Futuro” and “Terre des Hommes”, which promotes the development of the most disadvantaged children In an interview given in 2020 to the magazine Mujer Hoy, he answered the question of knowing if children are among the groups that concerned him the most. His answer: 'I remember that, as a young man, I started in San Cristóbal, with Father Ángel, helping excluded children, with significant social uprooting'.

He is the founder of Jacob Fitzgerald Events & Communication. More than 2000 prestigious events organized around the world from Paris to Miami via Los Angeles.

His career in the world of public relations and communication has earned him numerous distinctions, such as the Dove of Peace, which was awarded to him by the "Fundación Mensajeros de la Paz", jointly with the King Queen of Spain, the Pompidou Prize for Communication which he received in Paris from the hands of Leonardo Di Caprio or the “European Citizen Prize” granted by the Europa Forum.

The aforementioned police sources confirm that Nacho Jacob has already hired the criminal lawyer Raúl Pardo-Geijo, named Spain's best lawyer in criminal law in 2020 by the prestigious legal publishers Client Choice and Best Lawyers.

Viewing cable 06BUCHAREST1035, ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR AND PM DISCUSS ENERGY, ECONOMY AND ADOPTIONS

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Verheugen rules out Romanian adoption help

THE European Commission has ruled out mediating for couples trying to adopt children from Romanian orphanages.

EUROPEAN VOICEBy DAVID CRONIN 5/29/02, 5:00 PM CET Updated 4/12/14, 7:59 AM CET

About 35 million euro in EU funding has already been allocated to help replace the old-style orphanages associated with the Ceaucescu era. But enlargement chief Günter Verheugen said: "The Commission has neither the competence nor the intention to deal with individual cases."

The German commissioner was replying to a query by Spanish centre-right MEP Encarnación Redondo Jiménez, who asked what the EU's executive could do to overcome the moratorium on adoptions imposed by the Romanian authorities in June 2001.

"I will be absolutely stubborn and stubborn in my fight for international adoption"

Adoptive mother of two children, Claire Gibault (ALDE) has made child protection one of her priorities. Last February, the MP presented, alongside Jean-Marie Cavada (ALDE) and Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, a joint declaration on international adoption, which they believe should be encouraged. when there is no national solution.

Intercountry adoption is an issue close to your heart. What elements of your personal experience have influenced your positions on this subject?

I experience international adoption every day, and I feel compelled to defend a cause that seems essential to me for the protection of children. I adopted two children in Togo, which for me is a great success and a great joy. Our family also participates in interviews to show that international adoption is sometimes the solution that will allow children to live a normal life. In your opinion, the ban on international adoption by certain countries, such as Romania, does not meet its initial objectives of combating child trafficking. Why ?

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How a family lives together varies by country and culture, but the standard family of husband, wife and children is no longer the norm. Living together with several partners, adult children, grandchildren, adopted or foster children, eight cats or three dogs: in this series people talk about their families. This week: Miranda Tollenaar (49), who single-handedly adopted daughter Mica (5) from Haiti.

By Hannah König

Miranda Tollenaar had a traditional picture in mind: marry a nice man, four children. Her great wish was a large family with both biological and adopted children. The pedagogical employee from Arnhem did not meet the love of her life and therefore decided to fulfill her wish to have children alone. Recently, her dream came true: she became the mother of five-year-old Mica from Haiti.

Waited eleven years for an adopted baby

Tollenaar took the time to discover who she was, traveled extensively and worked for charities. She was open to a husband, but the right partner did not come along. Relationships broke down, but her desire to have children remained. "I consciously chose not to let the children pass by me. I decided to go for adoption from abroad on my own. That moment was eleven years ago. How did I survive all this time? I kept thinking : it will take a maximum of two or three years and then I will be a mother."

After the birth, parents may decide not to take care of the child themselves, because they see no possibilities to do so. They are given time to consider whether or not to give up the child. The child is then first cared for in a temporary foster family.

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