Source: Inquirer News
Date: July 16, 2013
“Don’t scold them or blame them,” social worker Edna Regudo told parents of five boys rescued by police in a suspected child abuse case involving an Australian tourist. “Remember, they are the victims.”
Angry parents yesterday went to the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office in Cebu City where the boys, aged 9 to 14 years old were taken after Friday’s arrest of 45-year-old Hilton Reece Munro and a local taxi driver in Stakili Resort in Compostela town.
For many of the parents it was the first time they knew that their sons were spending time with a foreigner, who allegedly took nude pictures and had sexual relations with the minors.
Some mothers burst into tears. One angry father wanted to confront the Australian, who remains in police custody. The shocked parents had to be briefed by the social worker before being allowed to meet their children, who feared they would be scolded and punished...
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