DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Today
Santiago.- The hearings to decide on whether to indict catholic priest Juan Manuel de Jesús Mota (Johnny) on sexual assault charges has become a witch-hunt against the accusers, according to the lawyers of the seven victims.
During the first hearing, Constanza prosecutor Juana María Castillo said a mob led by the former mayor Ernesto Joaquín Gómez (Chito) pushed and shoved two of the women who filed complaints.
“What’s happening here is that even I have bee threatened and these poor girls, fans of the cure have been manhandled,” said Castle in a telephone interviews by newspaper El Caribe.
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