The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) supports the initiative by Justice Vui Clarence Nelson to register all sex offenders but is against castrating the offenders.
The General Secretary of CCCS Rev. Dr. Iutisone Salevao told Talamua that whilst the move by Vui is applauded, he does not agree with the view of the Secretary of the National Council of Churches (NCC), Reverend Ma’auga Motu to castrate the offenders.
“That is too extreme,” Dr.Iutisone told Talamua.
Dr. Iutisone said the NCC Secretary should have emphasized that those are his views and not of the individual members of NCC.
“CCCS does not view castration as an appropriate penalty but the Government should come up with a harsher penalty to control those habitual offenders,” said Reverend Iutisone.