On 3 September 2010, Carlos Cruz, Carlos Silvino, Hugo Marçal, Manuel Abrantes, Ferreira Diniz and Jorge Ritto were convicted and sentenced to up to eighteen years in prison due to crimes occurring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This was the first time an institutional sex abuse scandal had been taken to court in Portugal.” “The trial, in Lisbon’s top criminal court, is thought to be the largest ever undertaken by Portugal’s court system. Over five and half years, more than 800 witnesses, including 32 alleged victims, …
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