March 3, 2025
Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson speaks during a press conference where the Bahamas Crisis Centre presented the Good Samaritan Award to Delano Clarke at the Ministry of National Security on February 28, 2025. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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180 child sex abuse cases reported to Crisis Centre in past year
The Bahamas Crisis Centre has reported that 180 children, aged between 2 and 17, were referred for sexual assault over the past 11 months.
Lack of labs delaying justice for rape victims
THE lack of a national forensic lab — which the government has called too costly — is leaving rape victims in The Bahamas waiting months for critical DNA testing, a delay that Bahamas Crisis Centre director Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson says denies survivors justice and retraumatises them in court.
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