Leaders in eye of abuse storm stay mum after meeting with AG

The director of the Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and the Family (Senniaf), Mayra Inés Silvera and the Minister of Social Development,María Inés Castillo, went to the Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday, February 17, to ask Attorney General Eduardo Ulloa, for a copy of the report presented in recent days by deputies belonging to the Committee on Women, Children, Youth and Family Affairs after complaints about cases of abuse and mistreatment of minors in several

shelters under the supervision of the State.

Both Silvera and Castillo avoided giving statements to the media that were present.

The superior family prosecutor Katya Meléndez also held a meeting with Ulloa, to establish the actions to be taken, in order to carry out the investigation of the issue.

“We are currently analyzing the report sent by the Assembly, to establish what actions or investigations to carry out,” she said.

After analyzing the situation, they will take the corresponding protection measures regarding the minors who are in the shelters. The majority of the shelters were subsidized by the State but administered by religious organizations largely Evangelical.