Catholic priest arrested in Osaka

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    A 74-year-old Japanese Catholic priest has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a woman:

    Hirotsugu Inoue, a priest at a church in the city of Ibaraki, has admitted to forcibly kissing and hugging the 43-year-old woman about 70 times between October to December last year, but denied his acts amounted to indecency, according to police.

    “There is no doubt that I did this, but it was not an act of indecent assault,” he was quoted as telling the police. “The act was intended to console the woman.”

    According to investigations, Inoue approached the woman in a church kitchen, whispering “I love you” on one occasion, and proceeded to hug her despite her rejections.

    It is believed that Ionue may have molested the woman’s daughter. Others have also contacted the police with molestation complaints about Ionue.

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