JAMAICA
Jamaica Gleaner
Andrea Downer and Trudy Simpson, Gleaner Writers
THE POLICE yesterday charged a pastor in connection with reports of alleged sexual abuse of children in state care. He is booked to appear in court in Portland next week.
Assistant Commissioner of Police at the Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB), George Williams, said yesterday that the pastor, whose name has been withheld, was arrested in Buff Bay, Portland, on Thursday.
He is the second person charged in connection with the alleged cases of sexual abuse of children in some of the island's children's homes and places of safety.
Four persons in total are expected to be charged based on the ruling of the Director of Public Prosecutions.