Then there's this.....
"Donna Pollard had only just turned 16 when she stood in a Kentucky state court house with a serial paedophile who had used his position of trust to groom and repeatedly rape her over the previous two years. Her abuser, smartly dressed in a dark suit and blue tie, was not cuffed or restrained in any way.
For he was not facing any charges for the hideous crimes that devastated a fragile girl’s life from the age of 14. Incredibly, he was in court to marry his victim – with the full consent of Donna’s mother and under the authority of a state that not only sanctioned child marriage but turned a blind eye as abused children are forced into wedlock with their attackers.
Indeed, that very act of matrimony helped Donna’s abuser, a mental health counsellor almost twice her age, evade charges for statutory rape under laws that only applied to younger victims and could have put him behind bars for many years.
Yet her terrible and tragic tale is far from unique. Judy Wiegand aged 13, was forced to marry the man who had raped her. While Glenda Welt was forced to marry her violent neighbour."
One study found that, during the first 15 years of this century, at least 207,459 minors – legally defined as those under 18 – were allowed to marry.
Almost all were girls, 12-year-olds received permits in three states and 13-year-olds in 14 states, including Kentucky.
And Americans accuse Muslims of paedophilia....
Still concerned about child abuse in the UK, Tom ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ng-13.html