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Dominican police arrest Catholic priest for teen’s murder

La Croix
August 10, 2017

https://international.la-croix.com/news/dominican-police-arrest-catholic-priest-for-teens-murder/5674

Fr Elvin Alveras

Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested a Catholic priest for the murder of a 16-year-old who previously served as an altar boy in his church.

Father Elvin Taveras was detained after being questioned by police and prosecutors who searched his residence in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo.

The priest is also accused of sexually abusing the teenager, and paying for his silence.

Fernely Carrion’s body was found in long grass along a road in the outskirts of the capital. A taxi driver told the Diario Libre newspaper that he had taken the teen to meet the priest and that Taveras paid the fare.

It is not clear how the boy was killed.

Taveras has been suspended from his duties as a precaution, Santo Domingo Archdiocese said in a statement on Aug. 8.

The church’s statement also said it “deplores with profound sadness” the murder of Carrion and vowed to cooperate with the authorities.

According to Hoy, a local newspaper, the victim’s father, Victor Savinon, thanked the Catholic Church for showing solidarity with the family. “We can’t judge all the priests alike,” he said.




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