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	Priest Booked for Abusing Boy Times of India May 7, 2008 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pune/Priest_booked_for_abusing_boy/articleshow/3017136.cms PUNE: A 12-year-old boy was allegedly confined in a room and sexually abused by a priest of Godaji Pashavnath Jain temple at Phulwala chowk in Guruwar Peth on Tuesday. Assistant commissioner of police Suresh Pote said the boy had gone to the temple for listening religious sermons by the priest. He said that the 40-year-old unidentified priest took the boy to the room after the sermons, offered him eatables and sexually abused him. The boy later reported the incident to his parents, who sought the help of a non-governmental organisation, for registering a complaint against the priest. The priest, who has been booked under sections 342 (wrongful confinement) and 377 (unnatural offence) of the Indian Penal Code, is at large, Pote said. According to the Khadak police, the boy went to the temple to study religion. There were already 10-15 children. When the priest completed his religious discourse, he called the boy and praised him for his behaviour and looks. He lured the victim to his room with a promise of a gift. There he sexually assaulted him. Frightened, the boy rushed home and told his parents about the incident.
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