CHILE
The Journal
AN IRISH-BORN priest was found guilty in Chile today of sexually abusing a young girl for years from the time she was a toddler.
John O’Reilly, 68, was accused of repeatedly molesting the girl, who is now nine, between 2007 and 2010 when he was a spiritual advisor at an elite school in eastern Santiago.
“A majority of the court’s members take as established, beyond a reasonable doubt, the following facts… that O’Reilly decided to engage in acts of a sexual nature through physical contact with a student at the school,” Judge Maria Teresa Barrientos said in her ruling.
O’Reilly was also accused of molesting the girl’s older sister but the court acquitted him unanimously of that charge, considering there was insufficient evidence.
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