Shay Cullen

Father Shay Cullen (born 27 March 1943) is an Irish missionary priest and the founder of the PREDA Foundation. He is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban. He was educated near his home at Harold's Boys and the Presentation Brothers in Glasthule, and CBC Monkstown Park.

He helped found PREDA in 1974 along with Alex Corpus Hermoso and Merly Ramirez. This small non-profit organisation has a number of purposes, including the promotion and protection of the human rights of the Filipino people, especially women and children.[1][2][3] Cullen is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban.

The Preda Foundation and Cullen were awarded the Human Rights Award from the City of Weimar in 2000. Preda cooperates closely with international legal tribunals, Interpol and the UN Commission on Human Rights.[4] In 2017, Cullen was awarded with the Martin Buber plaque at the Euriade, the international festival for dialogue.[5][6]

References
  1. Terry Thomas (2005), Sex Crime: Sex Offending and Society, Willan Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84392-105-9
  2. Hazel Thompson (July 2006), Kids Behind Bars, Digital Journalist
  3. Child Rights Information Network
  4. Prestigious German Human Rights Award for Preda Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Newspaper De Limburger, 29-4-2017.
  6. "Euriade – Kerkrade, KGV". www.kgv.nl. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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