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The Casa Pia Scandal in Portugal

29/12/2014 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Casa Pia Scandal in Portugal

How allegations of sexual abuse at a well-known children's home shocked Portugal

How allegations of sexual abuse at a well-known children's home shocked Portugal.

In 2004, some of the most high-profile people in Portugual went on trial on charges of sexuallly abusing boys from a children's home called Casa Pia. Six defendants were eventually found guilty, including a famous televison presenter. Simon Watts talks to Pedro Namora, a lawyer who campaigned for the Casa Pia victims.

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