An Kanyakumari-based Christian priest, Benedict Anto from the Syro Malankara Catholic Church is making headlines as he got arrested after several of his scandalous videos and pictures went viral on social media according to the latest news
As per reports, the priest in question is identified as Benedict Anto. He has been serving as a priest of the church for several years.
Sources claim that a gang of individuals who allegedly “attacked” him a few days prior and stole his laptop posted the recordings on social media.
The films and photographs’ exceedingly obscene content has sparked widespread indignation. Benedict Anto is seen in compromising situations with several different ladies in the films and photos.
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Anto has been charged with sexually predatory behavior. As per reports, he would send vulgar messages to women and inappropriately kiss and touch them.
He would even videotape himself engaging in sexual activity with ladies and then threaten the victims to be silent. As per the claims made by Tamil media, the priest’s targets reportedly includes minor girls too.
The matter came into lime-light after a woman named Mini Ajitha complained to the police saying that Priest Anto had registered a false case against her son Austin Gino after his son confronted him for harassing his female friend, who’s a medical student.
Who is Benedict Anto?
For those who are curious to know more about Anto, let us tell you, as per a report by Organiser, Benedict Anto is a priest of Syro Malankara Catholic church located in Kanyakumari West District.
The 30-year-old Priest hails from Marthandam near Nagercoil in the Kanyakumari district. If you’re wondering, let us make it clear, this isn’t the first case where a priest has been accused of sexual predatory behavior.
Earlier in 2022, a media outlet, Opindia had reported about a priest named Pondson John, who was nabbed for sexually abusing a minor girl twice. He allegedly abused her once at the Church while ‘counselling’ her and once again in her own home.
Back in 2018, headlines were made about a priest, who was also a principal of a reputed English medium convent school in Pune after he was nabbed from Mumbai for allegedly sexually abusing a student.
Abuse committed by Church fathers is a universal occurrence. After being found guilty of sexually abusing as many as 10 deaf children attending a Catholic-run school, an Argentine court sentenced two Catholic priests to more than 40 years in prison in Mendoza in 2019.
Similar events have been documented in various parts of the world, prompting demands for the Church to be held to a higher standard of accountability and openness.