BRAZIL
The Sun Daily
Posted on 10 December 2014
RIO DE JANEIRO: An excommunicated Brazilian priest was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of child abuse going back decades, police told AFP.
The Catholic Church expelled Joao Marcos Porto Maciel, 74, in Cacapava do Sul in southern Brazil in 2009 though he later founded his own congregation.
City police inspector Igor Bachmann said Maciel had been arrested and could be held for 30 days with a maximum 30-day extension while he is investigated.
“The sexual abuse started more than 50 years ago,” said Bachmann, adding that Maciel had been detained in 2012 and witnesses interviewed.
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