More than 200 protesters gathered outside the courthouse in St. Catharines on Wednesday, calling for systemic change and demanding action after a 25-year-old man was charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age of five.

Daniel Senecal has been charged with break and enter, aggravated sexual assault, sexual interference, and assault by choking after police say a man forced open the front door of a Welland home over the Labour Day weekend, attacked the child and left her with serious injuries.

The child remains in the hospital in stable condition.

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The case has shaken the Niagara community to its core.

“It’s unimaginable, unthinkable, and we need to stand up for justice,” said one of the protesters on Wednesday.

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