Andrea Downer, Gleaner Writer
THE POLICE have charged one of the four persons implicated in the sex abuse scandal involving children's homes and places of safety, which rocked the nation more than two years ago.
Assistant Commissioner of Police at the Criminal Investigation Bureau, George Williams, told The Gleaner yesterday that the police are trying to locate one other person who is to be charged.
He said further investigations are being conducted before charges can be laid against the other two suspects.
ACP Williams also noted that the caregiver, who has been charged for various sexual offences against children, is scheduled to appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court today.
He said the police have since learnt that the caregiver they are trying to locate has left Kingston. He, however, could not confirm whether the caregiver is on the run or has simply relocated.
ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE
ACP Williams said the name of the caregiver and the home he was employed to will not be released until the suspect appears in court.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kent Pantry Q.C., recently ruled that charges should be laid against the four. The DPP made the ruling after examining a file containing 23 cases of alleged sexual abuse which were said to have taken place in some of the island's children's homes and places of safety. The ruling came more than two years after the alleged cases were turned over to the police and later to the DPP's office.
A Government-ordered probe into 57 children's homes and places of safety, prompted by a Sunday Gleaner story later led to 46 recommendations from a four-member investigative committee. The probe confirmed some of the abuses that led to the Government's promises of changes in the system.
