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Pastor whipped orphans during search for missing cell phone

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 January 2016, 22:18 by Denis Chabrol

A Pastor, who is responsible for an orphanage, at Port Mourant, Corentyne was Sunday questioned in connection with the whipping of two male orphans during a search for a missing cellular phone.

Police confirmed that Pastor Vernon Dā€™Oliveira was questioned, gave a statement and released from custody on his own recognizance. He is expected to return to the station on Monday.

Dā€™Oliveira denied that he beat the boys with a stick but admitted that he used a whip and lashed them-, one nine years old and the other 14 years- old- once with a whip in the hope that he would have provided information about the phone. ā€œOne of them was very suspicious,ā€ he told Demerara Waves Online News.

He explained that a number of ladies had visited the Canaan Childrenā€™s Home at 11 Area ā€˜Qā€, Port Mourant and one of them later claimed that her phone was missing.

The Pastor said during the search, a phone that was previously stolen from someone else was found.

President David Granger recently described corporal punishment as ā€œbackward.ā€ Ā ā€œThere was a time when (corporal punishment) was typical. People thought, spare the rod and spoil the child, but I think that is ancient and backward,ā€ he said.