Religious clerics are a powerful group in Pakistan and they close ranks when allegations of abuse are brought against one of them. Yet despite the dozens of reports, none have resulted in the conviction of a cleric. Police say the problem of sexual abuse of children by clerics is pervasive and the scores of police reports they have received are just the tip of the iceberg. The government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised to modernize the curriculum and make the madrassas more accountable, but there is little oversight. Nor is there a central authority that can investigate or respond to allegations of abuse by clerics, unlike the Catholic Church, which has a clear hierarchy topped by the Vatican. There is no central body of clerics that governs madrassas.
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They are typically started by a local cleric in a poor neighborhood, attracting students with a promise of a meal and free lodging. But there are many more religious schools that are unregistered. There are more than 22,000 registered madrassas in Pakistan, teaching more than 2 million children. The alleged victims who spoke for this story did so with the understanding only their first names would be used. The AP also documented cases of abuse through interviews with law enforcement officials, abuse victims and their parents. “He has done wrong with boys and also with two or three girls,” Shazia said, recalling one girl the cleric brutalized so badly he broke her back.Īn investigation by The Associated Press found dozens of police reports, known here as First Information Reports, alleging sexual harassment, rape and physical abuse by Islamic clerics teaching in madrassas or religious schools throughout Pakistan, where many of the country’s poorest study. She said she has known the cleric, Moeed Shah, since she was a little girl and describes him as an habitual abuser who used to ask little girls to pull up their shirts. Muhimman's aunt, Shazia, who wanted only her first name used, said she believes the abuse of young children is endemic in Pakistan’s religious schools. Earlier this year, a cleric at the religious school he faithfully attended in the southern Punjab town of Pakpattan took him into a washroom and tried to rape him. He’s just 11 years old and was a good student who had dreams of being a doctor. Douthit said the defendant also took the stand and denied many of the claims.PAKPATTAN, Pakistan (AP) - Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. His forensic interview was also played for the jury, the prosecutor said. The child, who is now 13, testified in court.
When he began speaking about what happened, his “horrified” mother drove to Huntsville and contacted police. The boy had been living with his mom in Georgia and was visiting his father in Hunstsville, Douthit said. He just though he could, for lack of better words, ‘straighten him out.’” “There was no evidence he had a sexual attraction to his son or children. “It was solely that (Cole) was worried that his son was gay or might become gay,” he told the site. During this time, and at his direction, Moore allegedly raped, sodomized, and touched the child inappropriately, according to Douthit.ĭouthit told AL.com there was no evidence the father had any sexual attraction to the child or to children. After that, Douthit said, the father “brought up, grabbed his girlfriend, and directed his own little porno.” Douthit said the dad did a lot of “demonstrating” on Moore and told the child to “do what I just did,” but never touched the child himself.