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<p class="lede" id="start">An infamous case of abused children in a remote Greek island shows just how the
authorities and local societies are
failing to provide a safety net.</p>
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<p class="story__p">!!It was a Tuesday, late May of 2018, when Panagiotis Avrithis, a lawyer and active member
of
the
community in the
island
of Kos, had a surprise visit from a client of his who lives in the neighboring island of Leros. No appointment
had
been
scheduled between the two and there was no open legal case of his pending. The reason for his visit, as he
said,
was “to
say goodbye”. No further explanation was given.
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About a week later, Mr. Avrithis and his wife would realize what their elderly client had in mind – and the
rest
of
Greece with them. The day before, the man’s son and his daughter-in-law had been arrested, after having
confessed
to a
series of acts of sexual abuse towards their children. And almost instantly, next to being a family friend,
Mr.
Avrithis
put on his lawyer hat and became the prosecutor for the trial.
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The incident became the number one issue on Greece’s sensationalist noontime TV shows. Mr. Avrithis would
answer
to “one
in twenty journalists” who called him, “whoever was the lucky one”. The phone lines of the Police, the State
Prosecutor,
the City Hall of Leros, the Hospital, the Community Centre and anyone who could provide any information were
on
fire.
The headlines spoke of a “Horror without an end in Leros”, “Revelations for the Parents-Monsters”, “Shocking
Details on
the Parents-Monsters of Leros”. Online news outlets were continuously updated with “new revelations”, “twists”
and
opinions by anyone willing to comment on the incident.
</p>
<p>
Mr. Avrithis has also used the word “monster” in one of his interviews. But the term wasn’t his choice. He was
simply
quoting the elderly gentleman, the grandfather of the abused children, who used the word referring to his son
in
a
phone
call with the lawyer, after the events had come to light. The file is still in the Interrogator’s bureau when
we
sit
down for an interview with him, but the testimonies in it are accusing the parents of repeated sexual and
physical
abuse, as well as forcing the children to work on the family’s plot in harsh circumstances.
</p>
<p>
The family had four children. The oldest one, a boy, left the house as soon as he reached adulthood. According
to
statements, he had also suffered continuous physical abuse. He has three younger siblings: two brothers -22
and
9
years
old- and a 14-year-old children. In the parents’ confessions, it was the elder ones who had suffered the
abuse.
The
youngest one had not gone through the abuse - “yet”, adds Mr. Avrithis.
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<h2 class="story__section" id="section02">An Absent Safety Net</h2>
<p>Popi Emmanouil is a social worker in the State Infirmary of Leros. She constitutes the island’s Social
Service
by
herself, meaning she is the only person who can receive an order by the State Prosecutor, conduct a social
investigation
into the issue and file a report. She’s often called upon to do the same for the neighboring islands. This is
a
difficult feat, and not only in terms of the workload. In a distant island like Leros, even something as
simple
as
getting the funds to transfer children to the “Agia Sofia” hospital in Athens to be examined, is not always
feasible.
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<p id="redd" class="green">Ms. Emmanouil has dealt with such a case in the past, in which she received a
negative response on
the funds
needed for
transferring children to Athens from the City of Leros (since its responsibility only concerns cases that are
dealt by
its non-existent Social Service), the State Infirmary (since only the City of Leros is allowed to have
expenses
for
transferring children) and the company that owns the ship lines (which refused the transfer of the children
for
free). A
solution was provided by the Church of Leros which provided the travel expenses, out of sheer goodwill.
</p>
<p>Ms. Emmanouil has an acute sense of duty. She explains at length the difficulty of placing limits between her
work and
her personal life and the ways in which she protects her own children – emotionally or otherwise.
</p>
<p>A few days earlier, Ms. Anta Kafasari, the Prefect for Minors in the State Prosecutor bureau of Kos, has used
an
example
of a personal experience of hers with Ms. Emmanouil to highlight the emotional dangers of their work: once,
the
two of
them escorted four children to the “Agia Sofia” hospital in Athens and ended up spending a few days with them.
The
children had been removed from parents with severe mental health issues. On the last day, the youngest one,
still
an
infant, spoke for the first time and called Ms. Emmanouil “mama”; and on the next day, Ms. Emmanouil would
return
to
Leros, the children were moved to a shelter and they would never see each other again.
</p>
<p>The claims that lead us to Ms. Emmanouil, show that her involvement in the abuse incident has been crucial,
but
she
cannot discuss it. A veil of silence has been spread over all involved authorities. The State Infirmary does
not
answer
our repeated requests for an interview with Ms. Emmanouil – we can only talk to her for a general view of her
profession. Our attempts to get permission for an interview with the policeman who handled the interrogation
and
brought
out the confessions were not fruitful. Also, according to the headmistress of the local Junior High School,
the
Federation of School Teachers has banned any discussion with journalists on the issue.
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<h2 class="story__section" id="section03">The Plight of the Children
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<p>Both in Athens and in Leros, there are many people involved willing to talk anonymously. A variety of sources
have
confirmed that in the summer of 2017, by order of the State Prosecutor, the daughter, then 12 years old, was
escorted by
her parents to Athens to be examined in “Agia Sofia” hospital. The youngest boy, 6 years old at the time, was
also
taken
to “Agia Sofia” for a “preventive examination”. From there, the boy returned home to Leros with the parents.
The
daughter was removed from custody and became one of the many children who are hospitalized without reason for
extended
periods of time. After two months, judicial authorities placed her in the custody of an institution ran by the
church.
The question of how can two people be adequate parents for one child and inadequate for another was neither
asked,
nor
answered.
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<p>A few months later, in the fall of 2017, the girl inexplicably reappeared in Leros. The only mandatory
commitment
was
that she would attend weekly sessions with a psychologist, not at the hospital, but at the Community Centre
ran
by
the
City of Leros. The State Prosecutor of Kos did not order any social investigation into the family.
</p>
<p>One day in May 2018, the parents arrived at the Community Centre. Their daughter was in the back seat of the
car
half-faint. Ms. Vaso Evangelou, the Centre’s social worker, perceived this as an expression of anxiety over
school,
similar to ones she had in the past. After she came around with the help of Ms. Evangelou, she returned home.
On
the
next day, a Friday, she came back to the centre underfed, refusing to eat or drink, her faint all the more
intense. This
time, she was immediately taken to the State Infirmary of Leros.
</p>
<p>At the same time as the child was at the Infirmary, the children’s aunt testified on her own volition at the
Police
Precinct of Leros. Later, in September she would unsuccessfully file for custody of the children. After her
aunt’s
testimony, the girl also opened up and testified herself. And then, the parents’ confession sealed the case.
The
parents
were arrested, while the children were moved by order of the State Prosecutor to a hotel in Kos and then to a
shelter
where they live until today.
</p>
<p>All residents of Leros who comment on the issue agree that the children are “saved”. Their future seems
better,
but
that’s not necessarily true for other children who might be going through a similar plight in the island. The
City
still
lacks a Social Service, let alone one that would specialize in dealing with incidents of child abuse. The
island
still
lacks a child psychologist or child psychiatrist. Schools still lack specialized personnel that could assist
in
tracing
such incidents in time.
</p>
<p>Even the family house, which is vacant nowadays, has not changed at all. It is still the hermetically sealed
citadel on
top of a mountain village – almost identical to the other houses nearby. There are no squares or cafes. Two
elderly
ladies sitting in the balcony on top of the village’s only shop – a hairdresser’s salon – are the sum total of
its
street life. Despite the good weather, all other residents of the village are locked in their houses. Cars and
trailers
are parked outside, but no window blind is open. Suddenly, the claim that if anything bad was happening,
Leros’
society
could not know about it, seems a little bit more convincing. They might also not know in the future.
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