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Child Protection Minister Rachel Sanderson again unaware of sexual abuse of girl in state care
South Australia’s Child Protection Minister has revealed she did not know about the sexual abuse of a young girl in state care until after media enquiries were made — the second such scenario in just three months.
Key points:
- Paedophile Philip Edwin McIntosh has been jailed for having a sexual relationship with a young teenager
- The girl was in state care when she met her abuser at Red Square nightclub
- It is the second such case Child Protection Minister Rachel Sanderson has found out about through the media
The State Government will conduct an independent review into how the abuse of each girl was able to occur, and why the minister was not informed by her department about either.
The first case emerged in September, when media reports were…
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