Video of Catholic Tamil pastor Benedict Anto with several women is on social media with his video now viral on Twitter
A Christian priest who hails from Syro Malankara Catholic Church in Kanyakumari has been arrested after videos and some photos of him have surfaced on social media. The priest in question is identified as Benedict Anto, who is serving as a priest in a Catholic Church for many years.
Tamil pastor Benedict Anto video full tape goes viral on Twitter and Reddit as he’s arrested
As per sources, videos were uploaded on social media by a squad of people who ‘attacked’ him just a few days back and they took away his laptop. The content in videos and pictures caused wide outrage. The videos and pictures show Benedict Anto.
Benedict Anto arrest
Benedict Anto is being accused of predatory behavior. He used to send messages to different women and also touched several women. The priest would record himself with women while he was doing acts and he used those videos to threaten and blackmail the victims to keep quiet.
Tamil media reported that the priest targets include minor girls too. A woman named Mini Ajitha has also complained to the nearest police mentioning that Priest Anto had filed a false case against her son Austin Gino because he confronted him for badly harassing his female friend, who is a medical student.
He is a 30 years old priest and it’s not the first case when a Christian priest is being accused of predatory behavior.
In late 2018, it was reported that a Priest, who was also the principal of a reputed English medium convent school based in Pune, India was arrested from the city of Mumbai for allegedly abusing a student.
The abuse by a priest or Church fathers is a global phenomenon. In late 2019, an Argentinian court sentenced two Catholic priests to more than 40 years behind the bars in Mendoza after they were found guilty of abuse of as many as 10 deaf children of a Catholic-run school.
The same as these incidents have been reported in different parts of the world, leading to calls for greater accountability and transparency within the Church.