{"id":100712,"date":"2020-02-04T07:27:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=100712"},"modified":"2020-02-04T07:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:29:16","slug":"top-official-accused-of-sexual-assault-has-been-transferred-out-the-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/top-official-accused-of-sexual-assault-has-been-transferred-out-the-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Official Accused Of Sexual Assault Has Been Transferred Out The Department"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The top official from the Ministry of Public Works has been transferred out of the department and the matter has now been brought before the Solicitor General, Martin Camacho.<\/p>

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This information was provided by the Ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary, Clarence Pilgrim, who declined to comment further.<\/p>\n

According to the office of the Solicitor General, the case was a client-counsel matter and that the details surrounding it could not yet be discussed.<\/p>

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When the news broke in early January, Acting Commissioner of Police, Atlee Rodney promised to deal with any reports of women experiencing such act post-haste.<\/p>

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Since then, it has been reported that several more women have come forward claiming sexual harassment and sexual assault at the hands of the top official.<\/p>\n

Over a dozen female workers at the Ministry of Public Works security department were refusing to work with a top official there, claiming that they are being sexually harassed.<\/p>

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The workers have reportedly written around eight letters dated as early as January 19, 2019 to the Minister of Public Works, Lennox Weston, and the Permanent Secretary Clarence Pilgrim.<\/p>\n

One security guard, who is a mother of three children, said that she fears for her life as the top official has beaten, choked and squeezed her.<\/p>

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The mother of three claims she took up a side job as a janitor at the man\u2019s home, however, according to her he became obsessed with her and the relationship became physical.<\/p>

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A letter signed by Pilgrim was written in response, recommending that the top official be suspended and transferred however according to the women, the man remains in the same department behaving in the same perverse manner.<\/p>\n

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The top official from the Ministry of Public Works has been transferred out of the department and the matter has now been brought before the Solicitor General, Martin Camacho. This information was provided by the Ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary, Clarence Pilgrim, who declined to comment further. 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