Four civil plaintiffs joined
proceedings against a 53-year-old priest facing charges of
having sex with four minors under his care at a pretrial hearing
Monday.
Father Giovanni Desio, the former parish priest of the
Emilia Romagna coastal village of Casal Borsetti, was arrested
in April last year.
The civil plaintiffs are two kids with their parents, the
Roman Curia, which is the administrative apparatus of the Holy
See, and an association that works with minors.
The Church has suspended Desio, who is under house arrest.
He has requested a fast-track trial, which takes far less time
than regular trials but whose rulings can't be appealed.
The next hearing is set for mid-April.
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