The sexual abuse of little girls by men who should be their protectors continues. Police are now seeking the father of a 3-year-old girl of Corozal.

About 2:30 yesterday afternoon, the child and her mother, her aunt and a social worker, went to the police and reported that on Sunday, while the child was sleeping in her father’s bed, her father touched her private parts, causing her pain and discomfort.

The child was taken to the Corozal Hospital, where she was examined by a doctor, who concluded that the child had been sexually assaulted.

Police immediately went to apprehend the father, but he has since absconded from Corozal. His current whereabouts are yet unknown.