澳大利亚是神父性侵儿童的重灾区,澳大利亚“机构对性侵儿童事件回应皇家调查委员会”(Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse)所作的一项调查显示,在1950年至2010年间,澳大利亚全国天主教神职人员中有7%被指有性侵儿童的行为。因此在庭外,很多当年被性侵过的受害者对于判决结果十分满意。
Kawangware pastor commits suicide after defiling, impregnating daughter
A pastor in Kawangware hanged himself on Friday evening after his daughter revealed that he had defiled and impregnated her.
The leader of the PCFC church in Soko Mjinga took his life after the form three student led teachers to their home and revealed that it was the father who impregnated her.
"The pastor had been defiling his daughter in the morning hours after his wife goes to work. The wife leaves home at around 4am everyday," a neighbour said.
The neighbour, who asked not to be named, said the girl fell ill, prompting the pregnancy check after she tested negative for malaria and typhoid.