HLN RESEARCH. Sofie (7) said that her father hurt her, and she still had to spend the night with him: “Until the police looked at his laptop”

As a toddler, Sofie (7) indicated that Dad hurt her, but she still had to spend the night with him for years to come. The Confidential Center for Child Abuse and Neglect (VK) found the situation safe. Until the police made a shocking discovery on Dad’s laptop. “I felt sick when I saw it,” says Sophie’s mother. HLN reconstructed a harrowing story through e-mails, conversations and reports that raises questions about how the VK – a non-profit organization that receives Flemish subsidies – dealt with the girl.

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