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The Olive Press
By Imogen Calderwood (News Editor) – PUBLISHED – 16 Feb, 2015
A GRANADA court has dropped charges against nine out of 10 Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing an altar boy.
Charges – which included ‘sexual abuse with penetration, exhibitionism and concealing evidence’ – were dropped because the crimes fell within the statute of limitations.
Charges were also dropped against the two laymen accused in the case.
This means that 11 of the 12 suspects will not be charged because too much time has passed between the alleged crimes and the complaints being made.
The investigation was launched following intervention in the case by Pope Francis himself.
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