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In 2011 José Mercau was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of repeatedly corrupting and sexually abusing minors
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ROME
Pope Francis has expelled an Argentinian priest sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing minors when he was parish priest at a church in the Diocese of San Isidro, in northern Buenos Aires. The diocese announced the news in an official statement.
In 2011, Fr. José Mercau was found guilty of repeatedly corrupting and sexually abusing minors after admitting to these crimes and after he was reported by a number of his victims. In 2005 these victims were aged between 11 and 14 years old and lived in Hogar San Juan Diego, a centre for disadvantaged young people in the El Talar area of Buenos Aires.
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