Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Santiago, Chile · 2014

Chile: Legionary of Christ school chaplain John O'Reilly convicted of abusing a student

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

chaplain of Colegio Cumbres, Santiago; prominent Legionary of Christ priest

Organization

Colegio Cumbres, Santiago, Legionaries of Christ

Spiritual nexus

A schoolgirl under her school's chaplain — the pastoral office inside the school was the access.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2014-11-11 · conviction and sentence

3° Tribunal Oral en lo Penal de Santiago, Chile. John O'Reilly, the Irish-born Legionary of Christ priest who served as chaplain of Santiago's Colegio Cumbres, was convicted on 11 November 2014 of repeated sexual abuse of a minor student between 2007 and 2012, receiving four years and a day of supervised liberty and perpetual disqualification from work with minors; he was acquitted on a second complainant's counts. Chile revoked his residency in 2015 and a Vatican canonical trial followed.

Primary record

national public broadcaster verdict and sentencing report Radio Universidad de Chile, 11 Nov. 2014.: Court report of the verdict and sentence.
national broadcaster court reporting verdict report Cooperativa: 'Tribunal acreditó abusos sexuales de John O'Reilly en Colegio Cumbres'.: Independent national coverage of the tribunal's findings.

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