The National Day to Confront Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children and Adolescents aims to increase society's awareness about the need to confront this violence.
From January to December 2021, 18,681 such reports were counted among the complaints filed with Brazil’s Human Rights Ombudsman Office—18.6 percent of the total.
Psychic João Teixeira de Farias, also known as João de Deus, gave a testimony to the authorities on the sexual abuse allegations for the first time on Tuesday (Jul 2). The session was held in Abadiânia, Goiás state, and lasted two hours.
As requested by Goiás prosecutors, a state court ordered the freezing of $12.7 million from the personal bank accounts of Goiás medium João Teixeira de Faria, better known as João de Deus.
The task force assembled by prosecutors in Goiás to probe into the sexual abuse allegations targeting psychic João Teixeira de Faria, known as João de Deus, has received 507 accounts from women on sexual crimes involving the medium up to now.