Fight against paedophilia urged

Brussels - King Albert of Belgium called yesterday for an unremitting war against the sickness of paedophilia that has shaken…

Brussels - King Albert of Belgium called yesterday for an unremitting war against the sickness of paedophilia that has shaken Belgium for the past year and been found in many other countries.

"All together we must persevere and continue the combat without cease to prevent other children becoming victims of maltreatment, here but also elsewhere in the world," he told a meeting of victims' parents and child abuse experts.

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