Vatican prosecutor seeks prison time for priest accused of sexual abuse of altar boy

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A prosecutor for the Holy See asked a Vatican court Thursday to convict and sentence an Italian priest for the alleged sexual abuse of a former altar boy on Vatican City property.

The charges against the Rev. Gabriele Martinelli stem from abuse that allegedly took place at the Vatican's youth seminary. The case is the first to go to trial alleging sexual abuse within the Vatican's walls.

The prosecutor requested an eight-year prison sentence, reduced to four years, for the first charge, and a sentence of four years, reduced to two years, for the latter. Earlier in the trial, the former altar boy testified that he arrived at the seminary from northern Italy as a 13-year-old and Martinelli began molesting him a few months later.

 

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Allow marriages, relationships, spare the children...

The curse of religion? This is not just a Roman Catholic problem, it happens in other religions but most often covered up.

Duh do yuh think! Probably no shortage of those kiddie diddlers lurking in the ranks.

It is a start.....

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