According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), millions of girls and boys worldwide face sexual abuse and exploitation every year. In May 2021, Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Pauline Tallen, said 30 percent of women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49 experience different forms of sexual abuse. Religious institutions are not left out, as women and girls, even boys, fall prey to sexual abuse at the hands of fake religious leaders. Clamping down the activities of religious institutions where sexual abuse is perpetrated is the first step in the right direction. There is also the need for constant advocacy and education to curtail the spread of sexual abuse. There is also the need for constant advocacy and education to curtail the spread of sexual abuse.
Sexual abuse in religious establishments cuts across different religions. Following the numerous proofs of the prevalence of sexual abuse in Nigeria, it is high time Nigeria introduced measures to disrupt the abnormality of sexual abuse in religious institutions….
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