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28 October 2015

‘Don’t shield perpetrators of child abuse in churches’

Church leaders in the country have been advised not to shield perpetrators of child abuse in their churches as it is a violation of the Constitution.
 Mr Ebenezer Tetteh Kpalam, the Founder and President of the Kinder Foundation, a Christian non-governmental organisation (NGO), urged churches to have child protection policies that protect children from abuse, and stressed that “Although the church is a place where children are sometimes abused, it is also a place where abuses are not reported.

http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/52249-don-t-shield-perpetrators-of-child-abuse-in-churches.html