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Police Target Four in Viral Priest Video Case in Nova Maringá

Investigators are analyzing seized phones to identify the break-in and leak.

Overview

  • Civil Police executed raids and seized three mobile phones while investigating four suspects, including the young woman's father.
  • The inquiry examines alleged invasion of domicile, qualified damage, illegal restraint, exposure of intimate images and psychological harm.
  • The 21-year-old acolyte filed a complaint over the dissemination of her images, and police say relatives and friends of her ex‑fiancé entered the parish house.
  • The Diocese of Diamantino suspended Father Luciano Braga Simplício and opened canonical procedures, assigning parish liturgies to Father Pedro Hagassis, 76.
  • Father Luciano denies a sexual relationship, saying the woman asked to change and shower, with both ecclesiastical and criminal investigations ongoing.