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Portuguese court sentences six people to up to 18 years in jail for abusing children from a state orphanage

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Karlotta BahnsenSeptember 3, 2010

#A Portuguese court has sentenced six people to up to 18 years in jail for abusing children from a state orphanage. They were found guilty of sexually abusing minors and adolescents, raping children and running a pedophile ring at the state-run Casa Pia home for children in Lisbon during the1990s. The trial lasted nearly six years and involved several prominent defendants, including a well-known television presenter, a former diplomat and two doctors.

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