Shocking case of 'intergenerational incest' comes to light Down Under

An Australian court has permanently removed 12 kids in age group of 5- 16 from their extended family, after they were found to be living on a farm in primitive conditions in what seems to be an incestuous community.

In the children's court in September, Judge Peter Johnstone asked for the permanent removal of the kids from their four mothers, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Johnstone said that there was proof of "intergenerational incest" and that the children's mothers' refusal to acknowledge their own past meant that they were unable to offer protection to their kids from continued sexual abuse.

A few weeks ago, two more kids were removed from a fifth mother from the same family in Victoria after she admitted that her brother was her children's father.

This case has raised questions about how child protection authorities and the broader community were unable to intervene, in time, to protect not just the current generation of kids but also the earlier ones.