After revealing that she had a child with a 16-year-old child more than 30 years ago, Iceland’s child protection chancellor, Lóa Thórsdóttir, immediately stepped over.
Norwegian news outlet RUV made the startling revelation on Thursday, prompting Thórsdóttir, 58, to appear clean about the decades-old relationship. She acknowledged that she became involved with a young associate, Eirk smundsson, when she was 22 years old when she started working as a church group counsellor in the late 1980s.
With Smundsson existing in the supply room a year later, Thórsdóttir gave birth to their baby. He was legally required to pay child help up until the age of 18 despite being a youngster. Studies suggest that Thórsdóttir’s marriage to another person significantly slowed smundsson’s access to their baby.
In response to the reaction, Thórsdóttir responded,” I understand what it looks like,” adding that it was “very tough to get the right story across in the media today.” She acknowledged in retrospect that she would have handled the situation separately.
Although Iceland’s minimum legal age is 15, the law forbids people from having sex with minors if they are in a position of authority, such as as a tutor or coach. Whether government will launch an investigation is still undetermined.
Before the chancellor submitted her departure, Prime Minister Kristrn Frostadóttir called Thórsdóttir on Thursday. The PM said,” This is a very personal matter, and ] out of respect for the person involved, I will not comment on the substance.”
Thórsdóttir has indicated that she has no immediate plans to step down from parliament despite resigning from her supervisory role.
