{
  "id": 15442602,
  "title": "Obuasi SHTS abuse: Adults who knew but failed to act are also guilty – Mariam Darlington",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/obuasi-shts-abuse-adults-who-knew-but-failed-to-act-are-also-guilty",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/obuasi-shts-abuse-adults-who-knew-but-failed-to-act-are-also-guilty-mariam-darlington/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Executive Secretary of the African Women Lawyers Association, Marian Darlington, has criticized adults who were aware of sexual abuse at Obuasi Senior High Technical School but failed to take action, suggesting their inaction raises questions about their responsibility. She expressed shock that complaints had reportedly been made repeatedly by parents, teachers, and students without any meaningful intervention, stating that every adult involved in the scandal is guilty to some extent. Darlington emphasized that the children were the only innocent parties in the scandal and questioned why intervention came only after the Ghana Education Service suspended the headmaster, despite claims that the abuse was widely known in the community.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Eduwatch calls for independent probe into Obuasi SHTS abuse allegations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/eduwatch-calls-for-independent-probe-into-obuasi-shts-abuse",
        "published": "2026-10-16T16:46:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Newsfile to discuss GH¢49.72m evacuation cost, EC appointments and Obuasi SHTS abuse case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/newsfile-to-discuss-gh-49-72m-evacuation-cost-ec-appointments-and",
        "published": "2026-10-16T21:44:20.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}