Irish priest faces sex abuse charges in Chilean court

CHILE
Irish Independent

JAY BALAGNA – 28 AUGUST 2013

AN IRISH-BORN Catholic priest appeared in a Chilean court on charges in a sexual abuse case involving two young children.

Fr John O’Reilly faced the Fourth Southern Metropolitan Court in Santiago, Chile, as prosecutors presented a psychological report that said the priest suffered from an “immature and infantile sexuality”, “narcissistic conduct” and “insecurity and fragile self-esteem”.

The case covers the suspected abuse of two young girls, aged six and 10, in 2007.

They were in Fr O’Reilly’s care at the time.

The girls were students at the Colegio Cumbres, a private school in an affluent Santiago suburb.

Fr O’Reilly spoke briefly to journalists upon his arrival at the court yesterday, maintaining his innocence.

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