Court upholds ex-priest's 30-year sentence for abusing children
Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a 30-year prison sentence for a former priest who sexually abused seven boys at a boarding school.
The court found that the abuse took place at a seminary school in the city of Ciudad Real between 2013 and 2016.
The victims were all aged around 13 at the time. During swimming lessons, the defendant pulled some boys into the water by grabbing their genitals, the court said, and forcing others to stand naked in front of him as a “test of trust”.
“We don’t often see these long sentences. Previously, the Supreme Court had even reduced some sentences. Priests rarely go to jail in Spain. I hope [the decision] opens a path for this to become usual,” ANIR founder Ana Cuevas told the Associated Press.
A Spanish committee is currently investigating more than 200 complaints of sexual abuse against members of Catholic church institutions.
https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/14/cour...g-children
Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a 30-year prison sentence for a former priest who sexually abused seven boys at a boarding school.
The court found that the abuse took place at a seminary school in the city of Ciudad Real between 2013 and 2016.
The victims were all aged around 13 at the time. During swimming lessons, the defendant pulled some boys into the water by grabbing their genitals, the court said, and forcing others to stand naked in front of him as a “test of trust”.
“We don’t often see these long sentences. Previously, the Supreme Court had even reduced some sentences. Priests rarely go to jail in Spain. I hope [the decision] opens a path for this to become usual,” ANIR founder Ana Cuevas told the Associated Press.
A Spanish committee is currently investigating more than 200 complaints of sexual abuse against members of Catholic church institutions.
https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/14/cour...g-children
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