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Catechism teacher arrested in child abuse probe near Palermo

Suspected of sexual abuse of kids preparing for first Communion

22 March, 11:02
Catechism teacher arrested in child abuse probe near Palermo (ANSA) - Palermo, March 22 - Italian police on Friday arrested a catechism teacher near Palermo on suspicion of sexually abusing children as young as nine he was coaching for their first Communion.

The unidentified man, 40, working at a parish church in Altavilla Milicia near the Sicilian capital, was placed under house arrest.

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