CHILE
RTE News
An Irish priest has been found guilty of sexually abusing a child in his care at a religious school in the Chilean capital, Santiago.
The court found that John O’Reilly, who moved to Chile from Ireland in 1985, had abused the girl at the private Colegio Cumbres in the affluent area of Las Condes between 2007 and 2009.
“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.
O’Reilly, who denied the charges, will be sentenced next month.
Prosecutors have requested that he be sent to prison for ten years.
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