JAMAICA
Jamaica Observer

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Superintendent Enid Ross Stewart, says she is pleased with the recent sentencing of a minister of religion to 20 years in prison for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.

“You would have heard that at least one of our pastors got 20 years, and I am extremely proud of that. Because… I remember when that report came to CISOCA, I remember,” Superintendent Ross Stewart said while addressing a Kiwanis Club of Westmoreland Capital Early Childhood Institution Quiz Competition opening ceremony on Monday at the Hotel Commingle in Savanna-la-Mar.

Fifteen early childhood institutions are participating in this year’s competition which will see the winner walking away with $35,000, plus other prizes.

The minister of religion, Paul Hanniford, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for…