Reverend Emmanuel Agbeti of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, has reiterated the call for stiffer punishment for adults who abused children.
He said though some actions were being taken against perpetrators of abuse of children, such cases were on the increase and that only stiffer punishment could help stem the practice.
Rev. Agbeti was addressing a four-day capacity building workshop for Children Service teachers in the Ho-East Presbytery.
The workshop, on the theme: ?Feed my Lambs, Take Care of My Sheep,?? was to equip the teachers to lead the children into a relationship with Christ and help the children to develop good moral values.
He said it was disheartening to hear how children were abused by their parents, teachers and some religious leaders and said such people ought to be dealt with severely.
Rev. Agbeti said children required peaceful environment to develop and charged parents and other stakeholders to avoid violence in the country.
He called for peaceful co-existence among religious sects, saying, ??peace is not only a matter of cessation of violence and hostility among tribes but rather the well-being of people and justice for all.?
Rev. Agbeti urged Christians to cultivate the spirit of love for all, particularly children, because ?love is the ultimate principle of justice.
??While love reunites, justice preserves what was reunited and it is the form in which, and through which, love performs its work,?? he said.
GNA
