In her young mind, she must have thought that a church is likely to be a safer sanctuary than anywhere else. Victims of rape also feel that disclosure may lead to their being stigmatised by family, friends and society generally. The truth, therefore, is that rape cases are under-reported for a variety of reasons. With the speed of its spread in recent times rape may soon become a pandemic with as ferocious a grip on our society as COVID-19. With the steep rise in published cases of rape, that seems to be the only way to go at this point.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2020 04:30 UTC