Italian Police Arrest Priest on Alleged Sex Crimes

By Stacy Meichtry
Wall Street Journal
November 19, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324712504578131363105349842.html

Police arrested the chaplain of a Milan prison on Tuesday as part of an investigation by prosecutors into whether the cleric solicited sexual favors from immigrant inmates in exchange for basic goods such as toothpaste, according to the top prosecutor in the investigation.

Milan's sexual crimes prosecutor Pietro Forno said he had placed Rev. Alberto Barin, the 51 year-old Roman Catholic chaplain of San Vittore prison, under investigation on suspicion of abuse of office ...