A Palermo appeals court on
Friday upheld the conviction of a priest for repeatedly sexually
abusing a mentally disturbed minor.
Father Calcedonio Di Maggio, 65, was sentenced to five and
a half years behind bars for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old
boy in 2003, and then again in 2006.
A court found him guilty that same year, writing that he
"abused of the powers and violated the duties inherent in his
position as a clergyman".
The Catholic Church accepted Di Maggio as a priest in spite
of the fact that he allegedly found his vocation while doing
time in the northern city of Turin. He had been convicted of
several counts of sexual assault on children, back in 1986.
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