Former scout leader Abrantes, 54, who was arrested by the judicial police late last year, will begin to answer in the Santarem court for nine aggravated crimes of sexual assault against a person incapable of resisting. The actions that prosecutors accuse him of were committed against a young adult with profound cognitive delays who began experiencing violence in 2015, when he was only 10 years old.
The crimes took place in the Temporary Accommodation Center (CAT) Casa Clotilde of the Abrantes Social Interparoquial Center, where the victim lived by court order and the attacker worked as a voluntary worker since 2008. The revelation of the case shocked the Abrantes community. , where the defendant, a financial professional by profession, is well known and enjoys an excellent reputation.
According to the deputy, the attacker took advantage of the victim’s mental and psychomotor disabilities to subject her to acts of a sexual nature, as well as the fact that he had free access to the premises of the CAT, as a result of the trust placed by the perpetrators. in him. The close relationship between the two raised suspicions among employees and other users, who reported it to management after witnessing episodes of greater intimacy.
Author: João Nuno Pepino
Source: CM Jornal
I am Michael Melvin, an experienced news writer with a passion for uncovering stories and bringing them to the public. I have been working in the news industry for over five years now, and my work has been published on multiple websites. As an author at 24 News Reporters, I cover world section of current events stories that are both informative and captivating to read.