He publicly denounced having been a victim of pedophilia at the age of 14, while he was in the seminary. Father Paolo Contini, parish priest of Abbasanta, Ghilarza and Norbello, confessed the horror he suffered. First in a public chat with the faithful. Then, in the church in Ghilarza, he relaunched his accusation: "Paedophilia must be denounced," he said from the pulpit during mass.
For some time he had taken steps to bring out the crime: he had reported the perpetrator of the abuses to the bishop, after having come into possession of some evidence of the violence a year and a half ago.
«I didn't have the number, but he sent me messages because he wanted to organize an initiative in my area», Father Contini explains, «I recognized him. And, of course, I told him it didn't matter."
The interlocutor, a religious, asked for explanations via Whatsapp: «And I reminded him of what he had done to me. He even answered me by saying that he thought I had forgotten: but if they cut off your arm can you forget?» asks the parish priest rhetorically.
«In the messages, perhaps thinking it was something normal», Father Paolo adds, «he also admitted what he had done. For me, those screenshots have become evidence of the crime».
(Unioneonline)