The moral crisis and challenge of healing childhood abuse

AT no other time has the Philippines faced such a moral crisis and challenge to its integrity as a nation. Government officials, civil society and child protectors are challenged to take a stronger moral and social stand against the ever-spreading proliferation of crimes against children, especially over the internet. It is here, Unicef says, where 2 million Filipino children suffer abuse multiple times in their childhood. The sexual abuse of children in their homes is also a horrific crime, the extent of which is unfolding daily.