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Archbishop Julian Leow, Fr Gregory Chan, and participants after engaging in a thought-provoking discussion on the Sexual Offences Against Children Act, 2017, on July 1, 2023.The Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur’s Professional Standards Office hosted a talk on The Sexual Offences Against Children Act, 2017, hereinafter referred to as the Act, at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes on July 1.
Beginning with S. 2 of the Act, which defined children as under 18 years of age, Fr Greg looked at the kinds of offences the Act punishes, like child grooming and sexual assault, which consists of physical and non-physical sexual assault. In layman's terms, grooming refers to behaviour that manipulates and prepares a child to agree to engage in sexual activities.
Fr Greg added that before implementation of the Act, the rate of unsuccessful prosecutions for any form of sexual offence against a child was as high as 90 per cent. This highlights the significance of the Act as a means to level the playing field in prosecuting child offenders.
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