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Compulsory chemical castration is “the enemy of justice”, a Bermudian pastor who was sexually assaulted as a child said yesterday. The Reverend John-Anthony Burchall said that a call by Zane DeSilva for the use of drugs to kill the sexual urge in pae...

As a proud survivor of child abuse at the hands of my Barbadian aunt’s husband when I was just 8 years old, I read backbencher Zane DeSilva’s comments with dyspeptic irritability. Yet again he exercises the politician’s prerogative to appeal to the t...

The crisis of the Catholic Church is not a matter for Catholics only. Love it or hate it — or anywhere in between — this is one of the most important, influential institutions in world history, with boots on the ground in every corner of the world. I...

A brave survivor of child sex abuse said yesterday she had to face in court the man who violated her almost 50 years ago. The woman said: “I had to do that. I had to be in court.” She was speaking after Bernard Marshall, now 72, was jailed for four ...

A “comprehensive review” is to be made of a report that backed the creation of a sex offender registry, the Attorney-General said yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons applauded the “arduous task” completed by a House of Assembly Joint Select Committee on t...

Chemical castration should be considered for paedophiles “to take the urge away”, a former government minister has said. Zane DeSilva, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, added: “If you can stop a paedophile from offending a young child I will ag...

Child protection experts warned yesterday that a register of sex offenders was not “a silver bullet” and that the public should still guard against the risk of abuse. Jon Brunson, chairman of child abuse prevention charity Scars, highlighted that abo...

A cruise ship passenger has denied a sexual assault on another passenger in Bermuda. The 27-year-old New Jersey man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The incident is alleged to have happened i...

A plan to move a violent child sex offender from Bermuda to a hospital in Britain has sparked outrage there. The backlash came after several British newspapers reported that Merrick Seaman, sentenced to eight years in jail for a serious sexual assaul...

There are “monsters” living in Bermuda, MPs have been warned. The grim caution came as the House of Assembly debated whether the island needed a public register of sex offenders. Renée Ming, who headed a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on the manag...

The Supreme Court has opened the way for a violent child sex offender to be sent for detention and treatment at a British hospital. However, the Government said last night that UK courts must give their approval to allow the transfer. Puisne Judge Sh...

A mother whose children were victims of sexual abuse has called on MPs to implement recommendations made in a parliamentary report on the management of sex offenders. The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she hoped the measures sugg...