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A 5-Year-Old Drew This Sketch To Show How She Was Sexually Abused By A Priest

She was a student in a class he taught.

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A 54-year-old priest is accused of sexually abusing a five-year-old girl - who was a student in a class he taught. The incident came to light after the girl's parents found sketches depicting the assault.

According to reports, the parents found the sketches after their daughter refused to attend any more of the priest’s English classes.

The little girl was so distraught that her parents took her to a child psychologist who suspected sexual abuse and urged them to search her room for any signs.

Later when they started looking, they found sketches drawn by her detailing the alleged sexual abuse in horrific detail, reported The Mail Online.

One of the sketches drawn by the girl that shows how she was allegedly sexually abused by the priest, Father Joao da Silva

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Another sketch drawn by the five-year-old girl shows a girl lying on a bed with a man forcing himself between her legs. Underneath him, the sketch appears to show the girl screaming in fear.

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It is reported that the girl's parents confronted the 54-year-old who admitted to the sexual abuse. He was arrested by the Brazil police.

Karine Maia - from the Delegation for Stopping Crimes Against Women pressure group - told local media: "We found six drawings among the child’s belongings. One of them that caught our attention shows the face of a naked man with an erect penis."

The incident happened in the city of Montes Claros, in Minas Gerais in Brazil.

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