ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Herald
Even when Buenos Aires province Morón district prosecutors Alejandro Varela and Carolina María Rodríguez demanded the “immediate detention” of Catholic priest Julio César Grassi for the sexual abuse of minors, a court in the same BA district summoned Grassi to report himself in court on Monday.
Both Varela and Rodríguez said that they believe that the convicted priest could try to escape. “He has a huge amount of money at his disposal to get away together with ruthless individuals ready to assist him at every time,” the prosecutors said.
However, the Morón court summoned him for a hearing of all the parties involved. The Supreme Court of Buenos Aires province upheld Grassi’s conviction for two cases of aggravated sexual abuse and a third for corruption of minors on Wednesday.
Grassi’s legal advisers announced that they will appeal the 15-year prison sentence before the National Supreme Court .
“To keep the priest free in a social context where citizens are demanding efficiency by the courts is not a minor issue,” argued complainant lawyer Juan Pablo Gallego on behalf of Grassi’s victim.
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