MSNBC report of a girl murdered at Bulgarian orphanage
I am surprised that a tragic story from Bulgaria made it in the U.S. news–a former supervisor at an orphanage, fired over sexual abuse allegations have killed a 15-year old girl who was summoned as a witness, and have wounded two other girls before killing himself. More.
Bulgaria joined the European Union in January of last year but with some safeguards because the country was lacking in terms of ”rule of law.” Rule of law is a broad concept but in this case, Bulgaria needs to deal with (high-level) corruption and organized crime, and to make institutional and judicial reforms. Last October, I think, the EU issued an interim report criticizing Bulgaria for inadequate progress in these areas. The EU can penalize the country by cutting funding on various agricultural and development projects.
Here, an alleged child molester was fired and prosecuted. Cases like this were not brought to court a few years ago (my perception). But the victims/witnesses were not protected.
Tags: Bulgaria, crime, foster care, international, news, sexual abuse
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