TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Newsday
By RACHAEL ESPINET Thursday, August 8 2013
GENDER, Youth and Child Development Minister Marlene Coudray yesterday warned anyone caught abusing children, be it physical, sexual or mental abuse, will feel the full brunt of the law.
Addressing the opening of the residential units at the St Mary’s Children’s Home in Tacarigua, Coudray said, “The Ministry is taking very seriously all reports of abuse. Anyone who takes charge of the care of children and abuses them, will feel the full weight of the justice system.”
Coudray said she has received many reports about child abuse and her Ministry is working assiduously to protect children. An initiative the Ministry is contemplating is installing cameras at public Children’s Homes, but she said that due to privacy and legal issues, feasibility studies must first be done. She encouraged the children to speak out against abuse.
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