This Oct. 14, 2020, file photo shows the Vatican City State criminal court during the opening of the trial of Fr. Gabriele Martinelli and Msgr. Enrico Radice. (CNS/Vatican Media)
A Vatican prosecutor requested that Fr. Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X Pre-Seminary, be sentenced to six years in prison if convicted.
At the 11th session of the Vatican criminal trial July 15, Roberto Zanotti, the prosecutor, explained that the recommended sentence for the crimes of aggravated rape and aggravated lewd acts was reduced to exclude acts allegedly committed before Martinelli, then a student, turned 16 in August 2008. The abuse was said to have occurred between 2007 and 2012.
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Seminary in sex abuse case ordered to move out of Vatican
Pope Francis wants St. Pius X Pre-Seminary to move to a new location in Rome before classes begin in the fall
Updated: May 26, 2021 04:44 AM GMT
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Pope Francis has ordered the minor seminary that is located inside the Vatican and currently at the center of a criminal sex abuse trial to move to a new location in Rome before classes begin in the fall.
The idea of moving the seminary had been under study for some time, said a statement May 25 from Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office. The idea, he said, was to find a building closer to where the students go to school in Rome and where they play.