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Why mentally disabled people experience sexual violence so often

2020-09-27T10:26:55.969Z


Some lack the words to express what happened to them. Or they are not believed anyway. People with intellectual disabilities are extremely at risk of becoming victims of sexual violence. Just like the twins Mirjam and Ellen.


"Ellen is a cuddle child"

Regina Folkmann *, the mother of the twins

"We were so fooled!"

Dirk Harmuth, the father of the twins

"The investigators are completely overwhelmed in this case"

Lawyer Svenja Harrfeldt

"If the child is cognitively impaired, they will likely not meet credibility criteria in court"

Psychologist Bernd Eberhardt

"He must notice that he has done something wrong"

Dirk Harmuth, the father of the twins

Source: spiegel

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