In a first for the largely Roman Catholic country of Italy, a charity has launched a helpline for the clients of prostitutes, citing the torment they endure.<\/p>\n
“It’s no longer possible to face up to the problem of prostitution without analysing and helping the clients of prostitutes,” Don Giovanni Sandona, head of the Catholic charity Caritas, said on Monday.<\/p>\n
“We’re talking about thousands of ignored people,” he said, evoking the suffering of people who pay for sex.<\/p>\n
Caritas’ service will be available anonymously over the internet or by text messaging over a mobile phone.<\/p>\n
Caritas, a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations “working to build a better world”, will propose, among other things, the possiblity of finding help from family therapy specialists in a Venice institute.<\/p>\n