Seminarian Roberto Marcelo Pilco
Diocese: Diocese of Callao, Peru
In October 2008 Marcelo Pilco was arrested on Callao after two boys reported that they had been sexually assaulted by the seminarian. Police found large quantities of pornography in Marcelo Pilco’s home, including USB drives containing over 1,000 photographs of children engaging in sex acts. Three boys were found with him. Marcelo Pilco had created a youth association for boys, ages 11-13, who lived in low-income neighborhoods. He reportedly would lure boys to his home, give them a strange drink, and offer them 20 soles to undress. He then took photos of the boys posing suggestively, telling them he would submit the photos to modeling agencies. Marcelo Pilco worked as a security guard and threatened his victims with guns. He admitted his behavior and tried to justify it by saying that he, too, had been raped as a child.
- Resumen del caso y artículos de prensa sobre el seminarista Roberto Marcelo Pilco, Informe Guillén, 2012
- Reporte para SNAP de los Casos Publicados en la Prensa Sobre Abusos Sexuales Relígíosos en Peru, Años 2000 Al 2012, by Héctor Guillén Tamayo, presented at SNAP’s 2012 Annual Conference, Chicago IL, U.S
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