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The Local
A Spanish Catholic teacher who admitted to molesting nine young children won’t set foot in jail because of a legal loophole.
Catholic school teacher Roberto P. S. admitted before a Murcia judge on Tuesday that he did indeed molest eight girls and one boy, all seven years old at the time, a spokeswoman from the court confirmed to The Local.
But the religion teacher won’t have to go to jail unless he re-offends because of a reform to the criminal code.
Under an agreement reached between the prosecution and defense, because Roberto P. S. testified, he received a jail sentence of one year per child, or nine years total, according to broadcaster Cadena Ser.
But because he received individual sentences of one year, rather than one nine-year sentence, he qualified for a suspended sentence for each one, under a reform to the criminal code.
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