Portugal child abuse case 'proven'

[Swede]

Source: Aljazeera

A Portuguese court has found seven people guilty of crimes relating to child sex abuse at a state orphanage, wrapping up a major trial that lasted nearly six years.

Giving their first findings, judges said that repeated sexual abuse of children at Casa Pia, a state-run home in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, had been proved, as they read out their verdict on Friday.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/20109313280107384.html

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. More details here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11179026

[dipsydoodle]

2. Saw that live on TV. BBC link now added too.

What an evil fucking bunch - they were renting the children out to abusers. :(

edit to add :

Six Portuguese men have been jailed after they were found guilty of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.

Carlos Silvino was given an 18-year sentence after confessing to 639 charges relating to the abuse of children or procuring them for others.

His co-defendants, including the former TV presenter Carlos Cruz, were jailed for between five and seven years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11179026

These kids were about 7 years old at the time.

The boys, now aged between 16 and 22, were all residents at the Casa Pia children's home in the capital, Lisbon.

[buckrogers1965]

3. WTF?

Over 600 instances and they are only going to get 6 years in prison? That is only like 3 days in prison for each time they let someone abuse a kid.