In yet another shocking case of a
“social worker” taking advantage of
children, Mumbai police arrested a nun
called Mother Anandi Joseph for
conspiring with a pastor called John
Alexander to rape a minor child and
physically abusing them frequently.
A teacher who worked at the Wings of
Refuge Childcare center, Kavita
Bansode, told the police that the
Pastor and the nun regularly beat up
the 70 odd orphaned children and
mentioned the case of the minor girl.
Fearing that Alexander will do
something bad to her too, the victim’s
sister ran away from the orphanage to
Bansode’s home. They later told the
police that Joseph had beaten them
badly when they complained about the
incident asking them not to complain
about a “social worker.”
Alexander has run away from the center
to Tamil Nadu and the Mumbai police
have sent a team to Chennai to trace
him down. Joseph and Alexander have
been running the center for the last 9
years.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that
the
testimony of a rape victim is suffice
for conviction of a rape accused.
The National Human Rights Commission
alerted the nation that despite strong
laws, lax police implementation has
facilitated the growth of
flesh trade in India that is valued at
USD 8 billion and that
unlike Thailand or Sri Lanka the issue
is not being discussed.
While child labor issue is being
handled well, child abuse is not.
Recently, two
Britons ran an orphanage and abused
children till they were extradited
from Britain.
