The Enna court sentenced Don Giuseppe Rugolo, the priest accused of aggravated sexual violence against minors, to 4 years and 6 months.
The sentence was issued after 8 hours of deliberation.
The device was read by the president of the court Francesco Pitarresi during an open-door hearing after the entire trial had been celebrated behind closed doors.
The investigation began after the complaint from Antonio Messina, a young man now in his thirties, who told the Enna flying squad about the violence he suffered from 2009 to 2013.
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