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05-14-2009, 03:31 PM
Thirty-eight children found to have suffered physical and sexual abuse have been rescued from a children's home run by a Christian ministry. The Permanent Attention Jurisdiction for the province of Santo Domingo ordered a year's preventive custody for Jose Antonio Dionisio, the owner of the children's home, while the case is heard in court.
The minors are between the ages of 11 and 17 and were sheltered at Hogar Casa Cueva de Adulon in the Lucerna sector. They were rescued following an operation by the Attorney General, the District Attorney for the province of Santo Domingo and the National Police.
Assistant prosecutor Marisol Tobal, director of the Department of Boys, Girls and Adolescents reported that investigations were continuing. Likewise, she assured the reporters that the minors were being questioned in order to establish how many people were involved in the abuse.
Tobal said that they are investigating the case together with the National Children's Council (CONANI), and that the victims are now under the care of Conani, which has secured shelter for them in other homes.
Tobal reported that the cases of sexual violations of minors have been confirmed.
She said that adults lived in the shelter and investigations would establish whether any other people were involved in the case. She said that many of the children attended private schools and wore fashionable clothes, despite the fact that the shelter supposedly catered to poor children.
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The minors are between the ages of 11 and 17 and were sheltered at Hogar Casa Cueva de Adulon in the Lucerna sector. They were rescued following an operation by the Attorney General, the District Attorney for the province of Santo Domingo and the National Police.
Assistant prosecutor Marisol Tobal, director of the Department of Boys, Girls and Adolescents reported that investigations were continuing. Likewise, she assured the reporters that the minors were being questioned in order to establish how many people were involved in the abuse.
Tobal said that they are investigating the case together with the National Children's Council (CONANI), and that the victims are now under the care of Conani, which has secured shelter for them in other homes.
Tobal reported that the cases of sexual violations of minors have been confirmed.
She said that adults lived in the shelter and investigations would establish whether any other people were involved in the case. She said that many of the children attended private schools and wore fashionable clothes, despite the fact that the shelter supposedly catered to poor children.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)