Vatican Court President Giuseppe Pignatone speaks as the Vatican Court cleared two priests charged in connection with alleged sexual abuse in a youth seminary in the Vatican between 2007 and 2012, in this still image taken from video, at the Vatican, October 6, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A Vatican court on Wednesday cleared two priests charged in connection with alleged sexual abuse in a youth seminary in the Vatican between 2006 and 2012.
Father Gabriele Martinelli, now 29, was accused of having forced a person identified only as L.G. to have sex, while they were altar boys and mostly when they were both minors. L.G. is seven months younger than Martinelli.
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