CHILE
Press TV (Iran)
[with video]
A Chilean court has found an Irish-born Catholic priest guilty of sexually abusing a child in his care at a religious school in the capital Santiago.
John O’Reilly, who migrated to Chile from Ireland in 1985, was found guiltily of sexually abusing a pre-teen girl between 2007 and 2009 at the Colegio Cumbres private Catholic school.
“The tribunal has established beyond all reasonable doubt that… O’Reilly resolved to carry out actions of a sexual nature via body contact with a school student,” said Judge Maria Teresa Barrientos on Wednesday.
The priest, who has denied the charges, is to face sentencing next month. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of 10 years.
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