Priest gets 6 1/2 yrs for abusing kids

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - An Italian priest got six and a half years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing children.
    A court of first instance found Don Emanuele Tempesta, 32, former assistant parish priest at Busto Garolfo near Milan, guilty of assaulting over 20 children over a number of years.
    Prosecutors had requested an 11-year term.
    Tempesta will not go to jail until Italy's two-tier appeal system is exhausted.
    The more than 20 civil plaintiffs received damages ranging between 750 and 2,000 euros each.
    photo: the Italian Bishops Conference (ANSA).