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Moroccan youths stone Spanish paedophile

A Spanish tourist in Marrakech has been stoned by a group of youngsters who caught him sexually abusing a young boy.

Published: 25 July 2014 10:28 CEST
Moroccan youths stone Spanish paedophile
Under Moroccan criminal law, sex offenders are punished by up to 30 years in prison. Photo: Khalid Albaih

According to Spanish news agency EFE, the uproar caused by the furious youngsters alerted police in the area of what was happening.

Upon being arrested, the Spanish citizen denied raping the child but later admitted having carried out the sexual attack.

His victim also confirmed he had been sexually abused.

The man is due to appear in a Marrakech court on Friday.

Under Moroccan criminal law, sex offenders are punished by up to 30 years in prison.

Local online daily Moroccan World News reported there has been a recent increase in sexual attacks on minors in the North African country.

The most recent ruling on July 17th sentenced a 57-year-old paedophile to only two years in prison after he was caught sexually abusing a 10-year-old child.

The case last year of a convicted Spanish paedophile who was pardoned by Morocco's King led to protests across the North African country. 

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ABUSE

Catholic church in Valais rocked by new sex abuse claims

Accusations of historic sexual abuse have been made against around ten Catholic priests in the bishopric of Sion in the canton of Valais.

Published: 4 January 2018 10:02 CET
Catholic church in Valais rocked by new sex abuse claims
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The bishop of Sion, Jean-Marie Lovey, has asked the victims for forgiveness, the Swiss news agency SDA reported, quoting Radio Rhône FM.

It said the abuse of children and young people happened between the 1950s and 1990s, and all the cases were now too old for a prosecution to take place.

The paedophile priests were identified after some ten victims went to the diocese of Sion with abuse allegations last year.

Three of the accused clergymen are still alive.

One of the victims told the radio the numbers of reported abuse cases did not correspond to the reality.

He said he had met around 50 other victims in Valais, many of whom did not want to talk about what they had experienced.

The man accused the church of a cover-up, saying previous bishops had known about the sexual abuse but had done nothing except move some priests to other parishes.

But Bishop Lovey, who was appointed by Pope Francis in 2014, denied there had been an attempt to cover up the abuse.

He said priests were moved to other parishes as a preventive measure.

Between 2010 and 2016, around 220 victims informed the Swiss church authorities of abuse by ordained clergy between 1950 and 1990, SDA said.

The latest cases in Valais will be included in the church’s statistics for 2017, which have not yet been published.

In February 2017 the Swiss Bishops Conference set up a commission charged with awarding compensation to victims of historic sex abuse by Swiss priests.

The leading church authority announced it had created a 500,000 franc reparations fund to pay compensation to victims who no longer have the right to seek redress in court since the statute of limitations has passed.