A few thoughts. Bessie, that was a great find. This case is ringing some bells for me. I swear that I remember a similar thread but I can't find it. It was concerning a man who traveled the world with an Asian child and we were all shocked at the lack of info which was released. I'll keep looking. I also found this clip at your link which shows England's depth of perversion:
"...While in California, England continued to sexually assault the victim. England also encouraged the victim to invite her friends to spend the night in their motor home. England mounted a Plexiglas box with a hidden camera in the bathroom of the motor home so that he could watch the victim and her friends in the bathtub. He also took nude photos of the young girls....."
The man has damaged so many lives for his own perverted pleasure.
And Peeples, I read about the foster care issue in Japan also and cringed. It's a proven fact (held up by study after study) that children do best staying in their countries of origin and NOT in orphanages. Foster care is the only option right now that I see and is far safer than institutional care. However, ITA with you, concerning guidelines. With the incredible need and with the Japanese people obviously wanting so badly to help, there really shouldn't be a need to bend the rules. Possibly the government can re-assign a large number of workers to run background checks and hold classes and run support groups.
I realize that in any country that suffers from a disaster of this magnitude, records will be lost but I would imagine that Japan would fare better than Haiti, as far as having cached all their criminal records. Each and every person who takes in a child, even relative children, MUST be thoroughly vetted. These little ones have been traumatized enough.
Taking care of the children, the disabled, and the elders has to be first priority. I'm so hoping that Japan makes some wise and cautious decisions.
