Church of England Scrutinizes Investment in ISPs Due to Porn
 

The Church of England is threatening to use its financial power to curb the growth of Internet porn, according to a report in the U.K.'s Daily Mail.

The Church is considering withdrawing the millions it has invested in Internet Service Providers (ISPs) unless they take action, the report said.

It is concerned over the easy availability of images it views as degrading to women. That worry has increased following the disclosure that a British citizen's convicted killer was obsessed with websites showing sexual violence, bondage and strangulation, the Daily Mail reported.

Police are under pressure to treat the worst porn in the same way as child abuse images which are investigated. And ISPs such as Virgin Media, BT Broadband, AOL and Sky are under scrutiny for failing to adequately protect children from downloading extreme sites.

The Church of England, which wields significant financial clout on the markets, is reviewing investments worth tens of millions, the report said.

A Church spokesman told the Mail that members of its ethical investment advisory group are considering new guidelines on porn which take into account how easy it is to access. According the story, they also criticized the apparent failure of laws introduced in 2009 to outlaw images of rape, torture and extreme sexual violence as well as bestiality and necrophilia.

The current laws state that anyone caught visiting such websites to view "violent and extreme" porn is threatened with up to five years in jail and an unlimited fine. But officials admitted they expected to see only a small number of prosecutions and no extra funding was made available for a proactive police response, the report said.

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"According the story, they also criticized the apparent failure of laws introduced in 2009 to outlaw images of rape, torture and extreme sexual violence as well as bestiality and necrophilia."

How would they know, been surfing VICAR ?

Churches are so fucking obnoxious with their stupid opinions and hypocrisy. Fuck'em all.

These clowns are probably alienating 75% of their sheep with this move.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh a homosexual death cult worried about the way women are portrayed :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

So the Church of England is trying to wield it's vast wealth to influence governments and have laws amended to suit it's own moral doctrine ?? Sounds just like greedy corporate capitalism to me, no wonder they are going to burn and bury those poor hapless souls on the steps of St Pauls.

"According the story, they also criticized the apparent failure of laws introduced in 2009 to outlaw images of rape, torture and extreme sexual violence as well as bestiality and necrophilia."

I'm an adult webmaster and not that I Google this stuff anyway but I've never come across this type of content even by accident........although I did see a few pigs, dogs and elephants at www.rosecabs.com

3 DVT Threads (Together) ! Woot Woot!

I don't think it actually says they have invested in ISPs. I think it says they won't. Anyway, it's a total load of bollocks Daily Fail puff piece. There's no story. Say they had 1 million in BT. And removed it. Do you think BT would notice?

Fucking cunts.

And DVTimes is a thieving liar too.

Where ever they have their money. It's strange a church that worships this man.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ax7vUIjwF...w/s1600/JC.jpg

Who threw out the money lenders, now is involved in the business of share dealings.

Seems they forgot the principle Jesus preached.

Church keep talking shit about the internet thing, they did not think what is going on in the world nowadays, they should think on the other side which human trafficking and drugs. They should invest into these things not in the internet. Shame those priests who pretend to be straight and spiritual just to gain money to those who attend masses!