IN JAMAICA (DISTURBING STORY...WOW!): Perverts Preying On Young Girls And Circulating Videos Of The Sex Act In Clarendon, But Residents Downplay The Extent Of The Problem...There were more than 870 reports of child abuse cases in the last year mostly concentrated in the Frankfield area.

Published:Sunday | June 7, 2015Nadine Wilson-Harris

Several males in the central Jamaica parish of Clarendon are flouting the law by having sex with underage girls, and to compound the breach, these men are video-recording the act and putting them in mass circulation.

Several students try to get their transport in
Frankfield, Clarendon, last week

This filming of schoolgirls having sex is believed to be one of the factors contributing to a spike in sexual abuse cases in the parish despite the residents, for the most part, denying that they face a major problem.

According to registrar for the Office of the Children's Registry, Greg Smith, there has been an increase in child abuse cases in Clarendon, which had more than 870 reports in the last year. Most of these cases are concentrated in the Frankfield area.

Two guidance counsellors at a prominent high school in the parish last week told The Sunday Gleaner that most of the cases of child abuse they have dealt with in recent time involve the sexual exploitation of girls.

According to the guidance counsellors, oftentimes, the girls are encouraged by older boys and men in the community to engage in sexual activities, which are filmed without their knowledge. These videos are then circulated within the perpetrators' circle of friends.

Pat Murray*, who has been a guidance counsellor at the institution since 2002, said that one of the latest victims was a 12-year-old student who was filmed having sex with a much older student. Efforts by school administrators to find the video have been unsuccessful although it has been seen by other students.

"This one we have heard about, but we have not seen it as yet, but the students have it circulating on their phones, so we are trying to get it to give it to the police, but we haven't," said Murray, who lamented the breakdown of morals in the society.

BADGE OF HONOUR

Franklyn Mundle: “We don’t know of any old man or
young boy abusing no children.”

Her colleague Peter Smith* believes the filming of these sexual escapades has become the new badge of honour for males who save the videos as evidence to substantiate their exploits and earn bragging rights.

"Sometimes boys, who are marginally older, trick these girls and tell them all sorts of sweet nothings, then take them to a house and have them perform some form of sexual act, and the act is being videotaped and, as they say, 'the video do road'," said Smith.

"They do it for money and popularity, because there has to be something to be gained from being a star boy," he explained.

The counsellors said there have been a few cases of teenage pregnancies over the years, and they have referred a couple of students to the child guidance clinic because they were severely depressed and suicidal following sexual abuse. In one case, a girl tried to use a knife to cut herself, and in another, a student brought a rope to school with the intention of hanging herself after classes. more