Posted on 08/18/2012 11:27:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Political correctness is preventing police from stopping child abuse in communities that believe in witchcraft, a minister said yesterday.
Tim Loughton warned that a ‘wall of silence’ surrounded the problem.
Police and social workers are to receive additional training amid fears of a rise in witchcraft-related murders and attacks on children. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“We are living in the age of insanity.” - George Putnam.
Is it because the cops don’t equate witchcraft to religion, or is it because the complaint of child abuse has been lodged by a minister? Or is it because the abuse is being inflicted by Muslims (or some other non-Judeo-Christian belief)?
Some Nigerian children killed by family members because the victims were believed to be demon possessed, or some such. It seems to be two isolated cases.
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