Children love to draw the world around them filled with rainbows, sunshines, and flowers.
Parents in return proudly display the artwork on their fridge and walls.
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Parents of a five-year-old girl in Minas Gerais, Brazil grew increasingly worried when her drawings turned dark.
The little girl refused to attend her English classes.
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The teacher was Father Joao da Silva.
Her parents found in her room sketches that appeared to be sexual in nature.
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They took the five-year-old to see a child psychologist who suspected the child was sexually abused.
They were encouraged to go to the girl’s room to find further evidence.
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Hidden in some of her books, they found six sketches of what looked like a man on top of a child.
In every drawing the child’s face looked scared and in pain.
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The family contacted local authorities.
“One of them that caught our attention shows the face of a naked man with an erect penis,” said Karine Maia, from the Delegation for Stopping Crimes Against Women.
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The little girl’s father called the priest to confront him.
The priest admitted to his hideous crimes. He is currently in custody in a Brazilian jail.
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