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Italian priest, Catholic schools leader arrested for sexual abuse of a minor
Crux ^ | Aug 5, 2024 | Elise Ann Allen

Posted on 08/05/2024 10:57:19 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

ROME – A well-known priest, who is also a former school director and former head of a federation of Catholic schools in northern Italy, was arrested last week on charges of sexually abusing an adolescent boy, and is being detained while an investigation continues into the alleged grooming of several others.

The priest, Father Andrea Melis, 60, was arrested Friday, Aug. 2, after being accused of sexually abusing a young boy for more than three years, beginning when the boy was just 12.

According to various Italian media reports, an order for Melis’s arrest stated that he would ask for things such as kisses, cuddles, and other sexual favors in exchange for electronic cigarettes, prepaid cards, name brand clothing, dinners out and videogames, among other gifts.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andreamelis; catholicchurch; priestsexabuse

1 posted on 08/05/2024 10:57:19 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Faggot


2 posted on 08/05/2024 11:17:33 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: SoConPubbie

What is the deal with these guys.


3 posted on 08/05/2024 11:31:54 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: SoConPubbie

Abuse Tracker

Daily guide to media coverage of clergy abuse worldwide, and especially in the US Roman Catholic church. More than 100,000 articles blogged since 2006.

https://www.bishop-accountability.org/


4 posted on 08/05/2024 11:32:45 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I’m guessing Catholic Hierarchy actually looks for and hires pedophiles... The number of these freaks associated with religion is staggering.


5 posted on 08/06/2024 3:49:29 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SoConPubbie

When the church restricts the natural (marriage between man and woman), people do the unnatural. As a result, Sodomites run the Roman Catholic Church


6 posted on 08/06/2024 3:57:48 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: maddog55
This book explains it all:


7 posted on 08/06/2024 6:20:23 AM PDT by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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