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Connected to incest is any sexual abuse perpetrated by adults on children or adolescents Entrusted to their Care. the offense is compounded by the scandalous harm Done to the physical and moral integrity of the young, who will Remain scarred by it all their lives; and the violation of Responsibility for their upbringing.

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