Reguengos de Monsaraz: accused home to Director of abusing a boy 14 year old.
Provider and staff alike go to trial, but ill-treatment of minors, embezzlement and aggravated kidnapping. The former Children's Home of the technical director of the Santa Casa da Misericordia de Reguengos de Monsaraz, Vania Pereira, will start to be judged, next Monday, by 11 crimes of child sexual abuse, mistreatment, embezzlement and aggravated kidnapping.
Vania Pereira, 36 year old, technical director and principal defendant, four elements of the same team and two employees of the Home for Children and Youth and the Ombudsman and the Santa Casa da Misericordia de Reguengos de Monsaraz (SCMRM), They begin to be judged on Monday, day 3 October, accused of the crimes of sexual abuse, abuse and abduction of minors and embezzlement.
At issue are crimes committed against minors, home users, in written materials, co-authored and by default, between 2009 and 2014 no interior e exterior do lar, which led to the arrest, in April 2015, technical director of the institution, two months later ended.
The arrest of suspects held in connection with an investigation led by team composed of elements of the prosecution (MP) Reguengos de Monsaraz and the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) Évora.
The home had vacancies for 40 children and young people between 3 and 18 years, who arrived there after the court decision or the child protection committee and youth at risk, as a measure of promotion and protection of the same.
One of the main charges lies with the former director of home, It is to be, at least eleven times, embraced, cherished, kissed and practiced exclusive acts of a sexual act, with a young 14 year old.
These acts were committed in office, the house and the car of the defendant, and in hotels where traveling in the young company.
The principal functions of home, Vania Pereira, also had the task of administering amounts received by users young, replacing their parents.
In turn, the Holy House of Mercy should manage allowances, pensions and allowances for children and youth, which were transferred to the accounts of these, opened by Vania Pereira.
And with the ability to access all the accounts that the defendant will, been about 5.000 euros, besides having paid perfume with money from a young account.
The rumors of the link between the director and one of the young began to be discussed within the institution, which led to a degradation of living conditions between teachers and students.
verbal and physical abuse threats and insults, among users "were our bread every day", no one took action to stop them by. The indictment reveals that some young people have been attacked and punishment, ranging from being deprived of food, hot water, money and deprivation of liberty. A youth came to not return to the institution, sleeping on park benches and walking for alms in the streets of Reguengos de Monsaraz.
The inspection at the end of 2012 the Institute of Social Security, followed by recommendations that were not "guaranteed" security and integrity of the youngest, which was "proven" by the institution's records.
Even so, the Provider, Manuel Galante and director, Vania Pereira, They have not taken measures, facts that have remained unchanged up to the institution's closure in May last year.
Indictment
– Technical director (Vania Pereira): the practice of authorship of eleven crimes of sexual abuse of minor dependent, four crimes of abuse and three counts of embezzlement and coauthored three crimes of abuse, and two of aggravated kidnapping.
– Santa Casa da Misericordia Reguengos de Monsaraz and the Ombudsman (Manuel Galante): the practice by missing nine crimes of abuse and three crimes aggravated kidnapping, each.
РTechnical team (Catia Cravinho, Raquel Carmo, Sonia Amaral and In̻s Calado): the practice three ill-treatment and two aggravated kidnapping crimes, each.
– home staff (Alda Santos e Ana Rosa), three crimes of abuse, each one, and one crime of kidnapping aggravated the second.
Process complex
In addition to the nine defendants, the process has five plaintiffs and two assistants, all young institution and sixty-six prosecution witnesses, including 21 young users of the home.
coercion measures
Vania Pereira: Suspension of the home functions and other functions in contact with children. permanent ban the conelo of Reguengos de Monsaraz. Contacts ban with youth home, their families, technical staff and other persons connected with the Santa Casa da Misericordia de Reguengos de Monsaraz.
remaining: Term of identity and residence (TIR).
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
