Prosecutors describe ‘lavish lifestyle’; amorous relationship and purchase of a Porsche

Following on from the ignominy of last week’s dossier into child sex abuse within the Portuguese Catholic Church, the institution has been visited by new ‘scandal’ – again, very close to home.

This time it centres on a priest in charge of two Greater Lisbon parishes (Greater Lisbon being one of the mainland areas worst affected by the endemic sexual deviances of priests). 

But Father Arsénio Isidoro is not accused of molesting children: his alleged crime is diverting funds destined for children (in need/ at risk) and the elderly, for his own personal delectation. 

Say reports, public prosecutors have accused him of plundering €800,000, with a ‘female accomplice’ with whom he was having an amorous relationship.

The money is understood to have been lavished on various luxuries, including a Porsche motorcar costing €167,000.

To be fair, the popular press is often peppered with alleged misdemeanors of the…