Pedofile: German ( Musician Oliver Shanti) arrested in Lisbon

Viana do Castelo, June 29 (Lusa) - A German citizen arrested in Lisbon by the Judicial Police for alleged paedophilia lived for two decades in Vila Nova de Cerveira, which was viewed as benemérito and has even been bestowed with the Medal of Merit of the county.

"Na altura [1994], estávamos longe de imaginar que esse cidadão [Ulrich Schulz] pudesse vir a ser indiciado pelo crime de pedofilia, tanto assim que a decisão de lhe atribuir a medalha de mérito mereceu a aprovação unânime do Executivo", disse, à Lusa, o presidente da Câmara de Vila Nova de Cerveira. "At the time [1994], we were far from imagining that this citizen [Ulrich Schulz] could be indicted for the crime of pedophilia, so much so that the decision to grant him a medal of merit received the unanimous approval of the Executive," he said, the Lusa, the mayor of Vila Nova de Cerveira.

José Manuel Carpinteira não escondeu o "desconforto" da situação mas explicou que a decisão de atribuir a medalha de mérito a Ulrich Schulz se ficou a dever ao facto de ele ter oferecido várias viaturas aos Bombeiros Voluntários locais e à sua "permanente predisposição para ajudar pessoas carenciadas". Jose Manuel Carpinteira did not hide the "discomfort" of the situation but explained that the decision to award a medal of merit by Ulrich Schulz if it was due to the fact that he offered several cars on fire and its local volunteers "permanent readiness to help people neediest. "

Outro factor de "desconforto" para os autarcas de Cerveira é a escultura de um cervo, símbolo do município, implantada junto aos Paços do Concelho, e que foi igualmente oferecida por Schulz. Another factor of "discomfort" to the mayors of Cerveira is a sculpture of a deer, symbol of the city, located near the Town Hall, and was also offered by Schulz.

"É, naturalmente, uma questão que nos está a causar algum desconforto, pelo que, se as suspeitas se confirmarem, essa escultura poderá ser retirada da via pública", afirmou. "It is obviously an issue that is causing us some discomfort, so that if the suspicions are confirmed, this sculpture can be removed from the public road," he said.

Ulrich Schulz é um músico alemão, actualmente com 59 anos, cujos nomes artísticos mais conhecidos são Oliver Serano-Alve e Oliver Shanti e que viveu durante duas décadas numa quinta em Vila Nova de Cerveira, sendo o seu paradeiro desconhecido desde 2002. Ulrich Schulz is a German musician, currently with 59 years, whose names are better known artistic Oliver Serano-Alve and Oliver Shanti and who lived for two decades on a farm in Vila Nova de Cerveira, and its whereabouts unknown since 2002.

Tinha pendente, desde 2003, um mandado de detenção europeu, emitidos pelas autoridades da Alemanha, por suspeita da prática, no seu país de origem, de, pelo menos, 116 crimes de pedofilia. He was outstanding, since 2003, a European arrest warrant, issued by the authorities of Germany, on suspicion of the practice in their country of origin, at least, 116 crimes of paedophilia.

As autoridades alemãs destacam a sua "elevada perigosidade", já que cinco dos seus alegados abusos sexuais de menores terão envolvido um elevado grau de violência. The German authorities to emphasize its "high danger" since five of his alleged sexual abuse of minors have involved a high degree of violence.

Estes crimes terão ocorrido no âmbito da seita que o próprio Schulz fundou na década de 80, na Baviera, e que, no total, poderá ter dado cobertura a mais de um milhar de abusos sexuais de menores. These crimes have occurred within the sect that own Schulz founded in the 80, in Bavaria, and that in total, could have given coverage to more than a thousand sexual abuse of minors.

Em Vila Nova de Cerveira, "nunca ninguém sonhou" que Ulrich Schulz pudesse estar envolvido em pedofilia, embora, como admitiu o presidente da Câmara, "fossem frequentemente vistas muitas crianças, algumas das quais estrangeiras, na sua quinta". In Vila Nova de Cerveira, "nobody ever dreamed" that Ulrich Schulz could be involved in paedophilia, but as the chairman of the House acknowledged, "were often seen many children, some of them foreign, in its Thursday."

"Na altura ninguém deu importância ao caso, mas agora começa a perceber-se que algo se poderia passar ali",disse o autarca. "At the time nobody gave importance to the case, but now beginning to realize is that if something could go there," said the mayor.

Segundo a Polícia Judiciária, Schulz deslocava-se regularmente a Portugal há mais de cinco anos, acabando por ser detido pelo Departamento Central de Informação Criminal e Polícia Técnica. According to the Judicial Police, Schulz is regularly travelled to Portugal for over five years and eventually be arrested by the Central Department of Information and Police Criminal Procedure.

“At the time [1994], we were far from imagining that this citizen [Ulrich Schulz] could be indicted for the crime of pedophilia, so much so that the decision to grant him a medal of merit received the unanimous approval of the Executive,” he said, the Lusa, the mayor of Vila Nova de Cerveira.

Jose Manuel Carpinteira did not hide the “discomfort” of the situation but explained that the decision to award a medal of merit by Ulrich Schulz if it was due to the fact that he offered several cars on fire and its local volunteers “permanent readiness to help people neediest. “

Another factor of “discomfort” to the mayors of Cerveira is a sculpture of a deer, symbol of the city, located near the Town Hall, and was also offered by Schulz.

“It is obviously an issue that is causing us some discomfort, so that if the suspicions are confirmed, this sculpture can be removed from the public road,” he said.

Ulrich Schulz is a German musician, currently with 59 years, whose names are better known artistic Oliver Serano-Alve and Oliver Shanti and who lived for two decades on a farm in Vila Nova de Cerveira, and its whereabouts unknown since 2002.

He was outstanding, since 2003, a European arrest warrant, issued by the authorities of Germany, on suspicion of the practice in their country of origin, at least, 116 crimes of paedophilia.

The German authorities to emphasize its “high danger” since five of his alleged sexual abuse of minors have involved a high degree of violence.

These crimes have occurred within the sect that own Schulz founded in the 80, in Bavaria, and that in total, could have given coverage to more than a thousand sexual abuse of minors.

In Vila Nova de Cerveira, “nobody ever dreamed” that Ulrich Schulz could be involved in paedophilia, but as the chairman of the House acknowledged, “were often seen many children, some of them foreign, in its Thursday.”

“At the time nobody gave importance to the case, but now beginning to realize is that if something could go there,” said the mayor.

According to the Judicial Police, Schulz is regularly travelled to Portugal for over five years and eventually be arrested by the Central Department of Information and Police Criminal Procedure.

Schulz will now be repatriated to Germany.

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