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	Teenage Boys and Girls Separated at Central Methodist Church By Micel Schnehage Eyewitness News November 21, 2009 http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=26892 SOUTH AFRICA -- The Central Methodist Church's Bishop Paul Verryn says management have gone out of their way to separate boys and girls staying at the Johannesburg city centre mission. A Gauteng Legislature fact finding mission at the church last month found teenagers were sharing the same confined living space in the church and were engaging in sexual activities. Addressing a special Health and Social Development Portfolio Committee meeting in the legislature, Verryn said he realised this was a problem. "Strict observance in such boundaries can be difficult at the best of times to enforce consistently. Every effort has been made to separate teenage boys and girls in the light of anxieties raised by caregivers," he said. Eyewitness News revealed fresh allegations of sexual and other abuse at the mission two months ago.
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