Priest Arrested after Girl, 5, Draws Picture of a Child ‘being Abused’

By Toby Meyjes
Metro
October 19, 2016

http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/19/priest-arrested-after-girl-5-draws-picture-of-a-child-being-abused-6201797/

Father Joao da Silva, 54, is being interviewed by police over child abuse charges, which he denies, according to local media.

The girl’s parents, who live in Minas Gerais, are said to have found the pictures after their daughter refused to attend any more of the priest’s English classes.

She was so upset they took her to a child psychologist who suspected sexual abuse and urged her parents to search her room for any signs.

Hidden among her books they found six drawings detailing the sexual abuse in horrific detail.

The drawings were discovered in the child’s bedroom (Picture: CEN)

Speaking at a press conference, Karine Maia, from the Delegation for Stopping Crimes Against Women said: ‘We found six drawings among the child’s belongings.

She added: ‘One of them that caught our attention shows the face of a naked man with an erect penis.’