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May 2, 2015

Columban priest targets child traffickers in Philippine ministry

Columban Father Shay Cullen, founder and president of the PREDA Foundation, and Marlyn Capio-Richter, paralegal officer and social worker with the foundation and a survivor of sex trafficking, pose for a photo April 20 in Washington. The foundation works with children and young women rescued from human trafficking situations.

WASHINGTON - Arriving in the Philippines from Ireland in 1969 as a young missionary priest, Columban Father Shay Cullen hardly expected he'd end up fighting a burgeoning sex industry.

Published in International