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
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