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Indonesian Catholic schools move to tackle sexual abuse
High-profile cases prompt educators, govt to team up to provide better protection for children from predators
Andy Yentriyani, chairwoman of the National Commission on Violence Against Women, and Franciscan Father Vinsensius Darmin Mbula sign an MoU on April 8 to tackle sexual abuse in schools. (Photo supplied)
A high-profile sexual abuse case in which altar boys in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta were assaulted by a church worker was a wake-up call for Indonesia’s Catholic schools to look at ways to better protect students from such predators, according to educators.
The case the first involving sexual abuse within the Indonesian Catholic Church brought to a civil court saw the perpetrator, Syahril Marbun, jailed for 15 years for raping two altar boys.