translated from Spanish: O’Reilly, the priest sentenced for sexually abusing a girl: “I’m not pedophile”

“One thing, am not pedophile, even though it is in the memory”. That was the brief statement to Chilevisión of John O’Reilly, the priest who served sentence under the regime of probation for the crime of sexual abuse against a minor of the colegio Cumbres and must now leave the country according to a decree of the Undersecretary of the Interior.
The influential priest of the legionaries of Christ living in Chile since 1985 and became a powerful man with strong ascendancy in the political and business elites of the country. In 2008, he received part of the Congress the Chilean nationality by grace, but in 2014 all took a radical turn and ended up being convicted of sexual abuse in a case. There were other allegations against her, but that was the only one who could register.
In may 2017 the Supreme Court rejected his defence appeal of protection to prevent their expulsion from the country and the Undersecretary of the Interior issued a decree so that, once completed 4 years of judgment, leave Chile.
While it was expected that once fulfilled his sentence ran 72 hours to leave the country – i.e. from Monday – the lawyer of the religious, Cristian Muga, explained that this term is not firm.  “Within 72 hours to leave the country is counted from the fulfillment of the sentence, and of the sentence is determined by a court judgment declaring so it has not issued the resolution (…)” There is a confusion between what is the term of sentence, which takes place today, with two subsequent stages “, the Defender told TVN.
However, the lawyer of the victims, José Ignacio Escobar, ruled out that there is some appeal to avoid expulsion and stressed that “the decree that warns him to leave the country was already reviewed by the Supreme Court, therefore, with respect to that decision is fir “me and there is no reason why should review that decision and changed the criterion”.
Moreover, he recalled – in statements to Radio Cooperativa – that “by grace nationality was revoked on the occasion of this sentence, reason for which there is no justification to keep it in the country”.

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