BRAZIL
Metro
[Note: The accused cleric is not a priest but pastor of an evangelical church.]
Toby Meyjes for Metro.co.uk
Wednesday 19 Oct 2016
A priest has been arrested in Brazil after the parents of a five-year-old girl discovered drawings that appeared to show a child being abused.
Father Joao da Silva, 54, is being interviewed by police over child abuse charges, which he denies, according to local media.
The girl’s parents, who live in Minas Gerais, are said to have found the pictures after their daughter refused to attend any more of the priest’s English classes.
She was so upset they took her to a child psychologist who suspected sexual abuse and urged her parents to search her room for any signs.
Hidden among her books they found six drawings detailing the sexual abuse in horrific detail.
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