Push for tougher sentences in Indonesia sex assault cases

A group of parents hold a protest outside the Galilea Hosana School in Medan after a priest was accused of sexually assaulting some of the young girls attending the institution [Aisyah Llewellyn/Al Jazeera]

Medan, Indonesia – It is every parent’s worst nightmare.

As six distraught families looked on, the man accused of sexually assaulting their daughters was handed a 10-year prison sentence by the District Court in the city of Medan, Indonesia.