Child abuse is real. Protect your children.
Child abuse is considered
a worldwide social problem that many institutions, including UNICEF, are fighting
against to free children from bondage, sexual abuse, and all kinds of crimes
committed against children.
One of such institutions in Belgium, which is tirelessly working hard to
reduce or prevent child abuse in the country, is "CHILD FOCUS".
Every week, the 'Child Focus' administration receives about ten complaints of
sexual abuse against children, said Dirk Depover, the head of 'Child Focus'.
According to 'Child
Focus' quarter of the victims of sexual abuse are children under 6 years, and
still, 30 percent of the children are between the ages of 7 and 13.
75 percent of the
cases revealed that the victims did not know the perpetrators before being abused, while 10 percent came from their neighbors and 7 percent from
teachers or schoolmasters.
In the first months of 2011, 20 percent of child abuse cases were reported, according to 'Child Focus', which was probably the result of the outburst of sexual abuse within the church community. It is estimated that more than 60 percent of children have been sexually abused.
Further, an investigation has revealed that it is only 40 percent of abused cases are
reported or known, but the greater percentage lies in the dark. Nothing about the
case is known by the police.
As a result, the perpetrators stay free without facing the law for their crimes. They simply escape punishment and prosecution. In the file of child abuse cases, the internet is seen as the major cause out of the seven causes leading to this problem.
This is mainly about
victims who can be accessed via chat or spicy spreading of images by someone
known.
(The original publication of this article appeared in the Wednesday, 4 May 2011, edition of "Het Laatste Nieuws", translation by the writer).