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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A man has filed a lawsuit against a California couple he says used him as a sex slave after adopting him from an orphanage in Russia at the age of 9. Denis Flynn, 23, said his father, Ralph Flynn, would abuse him more and more frequently, and his mother, Carolyn Flynn, began abusing him when he …
A Los Gatos couple is facing criminal charges for years of alleged sexual abuse of their adoptive child. By Robert Handa A Los Gatos man claims he was forced into life as a child sex slave by his adoptive parents. Denis Flynn is now suing the couple for damages. The Los Gatos couple who adopted him also face criminal charges for …
The recent scandal in which a Russian-born man sued the US couple who had adopted him as a boy over “years of sexual servitude” is more proof that international adoption is dangerous, upper house MP Yelena Mizulina has said. “With regret, I have to state once again – with frightening persistence such incidents demonstrate the dangers of international adoption. It …
French authorities say they’ve launched an investigation after a child was found hidden inside a carry-on bag of an Air France passenger. CNN reports a woman was arrested in Paris after allegedly trying to conceal the child in the bag, which she had brought on Air France Flight 1891 from Istanbul to Paris on Monday. The Agence-France Presse (AFP) news …
Lebanon’s history of illegal adoption is a long one, as old as its wars. Illegal adoption is, of course, a worldwide phenomenon. Missionary work targeting “orphans” and children “of unknown parentage” began as a result of global wars, famines and epidemics that have plagued humankind throughout history. It should also be noted that the issue of orphans and abandoned children …
