A Spanish judge has decreed Wednesday a restraining order for a priest of the town of Villanueva del Duque (Andalusia, south), after being arrested for an alleged crime of sexual abuse of a minor, reported a judicial source.
The priest, who was in charge of the towns of Villanueva del Duque, Fuente La Lancha and Villaralto, in the Andalusian province of Cordoba, was denounced by the child’s parents .
The priest, whose identity was not disclosed, was arrested Tuesday by the Civil Guard and declared Wednesday on suspicion of an alleged crime of sexual abuse before the judge handling the research, which has issued a restraining order.
According to local media, the priest is 48 years old and had about three years officiating in the city.
Last January ten priests had been indicted in Spain for a case of pedophilia which was alerted Pope Francisco by a letter from a victim, in what could be the biggest scandal of this type within the Church Spanish.
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