December 17, 2004

Child rapist implicates six co-accused

PORTUGAL
The Australian

December 18, 2004
LISBON: The chief accused in a high-profile trial of seven people charged in Portugal with sexual abuse of minors from a state-run institution has admitted his guilt on the witness stand and confirmed the charges against his co-defendants.

"I, along with the other defendants, am guilty of what is listed in the indictment," said Carlos Silvino, 48, a former driver at Casa Pia, a 224-year-old network of 10 homes and schools that care for about 4000 children.

Silvino, nicknamed "Bibi", told the court how he, a former Casa Pia inmate, had been raped "virtually every evening" from the age of four to 13, particularly by "two teachers, two educators, five older students and a priest".

Posted by kshaw at December 17, 2004 11:09 AM