Last week we broke down some of the provisions in the Sexual Offences Act which seek to protect children from people in positions of trust who may seek to use that position to commit sexual offences against them. Today, we continue by breaking down those relevant laws.
As explained last week, section 18 of the Sexual Offences Act creates the offence of ‘sexual activity with a child by a person abusing a position of trust’, while section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act delineates relationships in which an individual holds a position of trust involving minors.
Section 19 demonstrates that positions of trust manifest in myriad contexts, and relationships, each with their own set of implications and considerations.
