INDIA
The Asian Age
A 52-year-old priest has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy on the premises of Christ the King church in Shivaji Nagar.
The accused has been identified as Fr Johnson Lawrence, who holds the post of a priest-in-charge at the church. On November 27, the 13-year-old victim accompanied by his parents attended the church proceedings in the evening.
After the mass ended, the boy, who was talking with his friends, stayed back on the church premises and did not leave along with his parents.
The police said after friends left the premises, the boy decided to sit on pews in the church for some time before leaving for his house, which located in the same area.
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