RISE IN CHILD ABUSE, INCEST CASES IN SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE “QUITE ALARMING”

The number of reported cases of sexual violation of minors in São Tomé and Príncipe in which family members are perpetrators are on the rise, a Catholic Nun in the African Island nation has said. In an interview with ACI Africa on the sidelines of a three-day workshop for women Religious on safeguarding of minors and vulnerable adults, Sr. Romilsia Perreira described the rise in the reported cases of child abuse and incest as “quite alarming”, adding that the abuses are “often concealed by the family”.