Christians say it’s also because Cambodia endured a genocide in the 1970s, during which children were forced to spy on and even execute their parents, and the educated and religious communities were nearly wiped out

Less than two weeks after linking draconian anti-gay sentiment in Uganda to a group of American evangelical Christians who visited the African nation, on Sunday’s World News, ABC correspondent Dan Harris filed a report focusing on the positive work of American evangelicals in Cambodia who are helping children escape from being sold into prostitution by their own parents.

And, although he did not mention by name the existence of former communist leader Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime, Harris recounted the theory of some Christians that the destruction of religion in the 1970s is one of several factors that helped erode morality in the country.

Harris: “Why is this so easy here? Poverty is part of the answer, but some Christians say it’s also because Cambodia endured a genocide in the 1970s, during which children were forced to spy on and even execute their parents, and the educated and religious communities were nearly wiped out. Pastor Don Brewster believes, as a result, Cambodia now suffers from a moral vacuum.”

Diane Sawyer, anchoring on Sunday because of the impending House vote on ObamaCare, introduced the report:

“It says in the Bible that faith without deeds is dead. And it’s a notion taken to heart by a group of American evangelicals who are fighting child sex trafficking in Cambodia, a country that has been a magnet for pedophiles.

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