There was an increase in the number of sexual abuse cases reported to the Child Care Board (CCB) in March. In some situations, said senior child care officer Roxanne Sanderson, the minors were abused at the hands of a parent’s partner or by strangers. “For the first quarter of the year, the sexual abuse cases increased as well as the physical abuse cases, so we are seeing more reported cases …
by SHERRYLYN CLARKE THE HEAD of Barbados’ child protection agency is concerned about the under-reporting of child abuse and high sex abuse cases involving children. Director of the Child Care Board, Roseann Richards pointed out that under-reporting of child abuse and the high number of physical and sexual abuse cases involving children was an issue. She noted that in 2019 there were 529 cases of child abuse, of which 21.5 …