Katolske præst arresteret efter 11 år gamle pige indspillede sig selv bliver misbrugt

TRENTOLA DUCENTA ITALIEN - En 11-årig italiensk pige blev rost, da hun brugte sin smartphone til hemmeligt at optage beviser for seksuelt misbrug af sin sognepræst - optagelser, der i sidste ende tvang myndighederne til at handle, når voksne omkring hende ikke havde.

Fader Michele Mottola, 59, blev arresteret den 5 november 2019 i Trentola Ducenta, nær Napoli, efter lyd pigen havde fanget var givet til lokale medierSagen henledte den nationale opmærksomhed i Italien både på selve misbruget og på, hvor længe det tog myndighederne og kirken at reagere.

Angelo Spinillo, biskoppen af Aversa, blev opmærksom på påstandene i maj 2018 og suspenderet Mottola på det tidspunkt, også rapportere sagen til anklagere i Aversa. Til trods herfor blev der ikke truffet yderligere foranstaltninger mod præsten i mere end et år.

Drejningspunktet kom først efter optagelserne blev sendt på det undersøgende tv-program Le Iene Formand. med audio-offentligheden, den offentlige anklager kontor i naples (napolis nord) bestilt mottola 's anholdelse.

According to court reporting, the girl had first told her parents and people connected to the church what was happening, but was not believed — her own family initially doubted her because Mottola was the family’s trusted priest. Only then did she begin recording the encounters on her phone as a last resort. The recordings captured the priest attempting to coax, pressure and then silence her, including efforts to persuade her to retract her account and pretend nothing had happened; at points the child can be heard asking him to stop. Som i andre tilfælde af misbrugDet var offerets egne beviser, der viste sig at være afgørende.

Pigens mor krediterede hendes datters vilje offentligt. "Jeg er stolt af min datter, hun var mere snu end præsten", Hun sagde efter lyden blev sendt.

Mottola tilstod sit ansvar over for biskop Spinillo, og Aversa Diocese til gengæld informeret Napoli Nord anklagere - en konto domstolene senere fastsat. Præsten blev tilbageholdt i omkring fire måneder efter hans anholdelse.

Dømt og dømt. On 24 September 2020, the Tribunale di Napoli Nord convicted Mottola and sentenced him to nine years in prison. The ruling, handed down by preliminary-hearing judge Vera Iaselli in an abbreviated (fast-track) trial, accepted in full the case assembled by the prosecution under chief prosecutor Francesco Greco; prosecutor Paolo Martinelli had sought nine years and six months. Mottola, who admitted his responsibility during the proceedings, was also ordered to pay damages to the girl. A separate canonical trial within the Catholic Church proceeded alongside the criminal case. The case had caused such outrage locally that, during the investigation, the girl’s father was reported to have chased down and assaulted the priest on a roadway.

Kontroverser over hans tilbagevenden. The case resurfaced publicly in Italy around the turn of 2026, when Bishop Spinillo permitted Mottola to take part in a Santo Stefano procession in Qualiano and in a Mass marking the closing of the Jubilee at the Aversa cathedral — appearing alongside other priests and children serving as altar servers. The decision drew sharp criticism from those who saw it as inappropriate for a cleric convicted of abusing a child. The diocese responded with a statement saying Mottola had served the penalties imposed by both the state and ecclesiastical courts, that he remains subject to a bishop’s decree barring him from ministry and public events, and that his participation in the Jubilee liturgy was an exceptional and limited derogation that did not lift those restrictions.

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Denne artikel omhandler seksuelt misbrug af børn. I USA, National Seksuel Assault Hotline kan nås på 1-800- 656- 4673; i Storbritannien, NSPCC helpline er 0808 800 5000.