The boy was white — “a mzungu child,” Scolastica said, using Kiswahili slang. The priest — who to this day denies paternity — was transferred, and a Kenyan man was found for Sabina to marry. The boy who was born to Sabina Losirkale on that day in 1989 has been an outcast of sorts for all of his life. Recently, East African bishops established regional child protection standards and guidelines to prevent child sexual abuse. Mario Lacchin encountered Sabina Losirkale when she was a student at the Gir Gir Primary School in Archer’s Post, a dusty town on the highway to Ethiopia.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 09, 2019 06:56 UTC