Casa Pia paedophile
scandal
Pedophilia
Portugal
[Happened just before the McCann abduction that involved Lisbon's biggest orphanage with trails leading to politicians, police etc. The scandal broke in September 2002....On 3 September 2010, Carlos Cruz, Carlos Silvino, Hugo Marçal, Manuel Abrantes, Ferreira Diniz and Jorge Ritto were convicted and sentenced to up to eighteen years in prison due to crimes occurring in the late 1990s and early 2000s.]
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The Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal was a case of child sexual abuses
involving a number of children and employees at Casa Pia, a Portuguese state-run
institution for the education and support of poor children and under-age
orphans. Portuguese Judiciary Police (Polícia Judiciária) officials estimate
that more than 100 boys and girls of the 4,600 pupils enrolled in Casa Pia at
the time, including some deaf and mute, may have been sexually abused throughout
several decades. The scandal involved several prominent men, including TV
presenter Carlos Cruz, former Casa Pia governor Manuel Abrantes, and former
UNESCO ambassador Jorge Ritto. The trial is one of the longest-running in
Portuguese history, lasting more than five years, with testimony from more than
800 witnesses and experts.
On 3 September 2010, Carlos Cruz, Carlos Silvino, Hugo Marçal, Manuel Abrantes,
Ferreira Diniz and Jorge Ritto were convicted and sentenced to up to eighteen
years in prison due to crimes occurring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This
was the first time an institutional sex abuse scandal was taken to court in
Portugal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Pia_child_sexual_abuse_scandal
See: Madelaine McCann