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Xanana Gusmao’s sons ‘disappointed’ after their father attends accused paedophile’s birthday party
The sons of Timor Leste’s former president Xanana Gusmao have expressed their disappointment to the victims of a former priest facing child sexual abuse allegations, after their father visited him for his birthday at his home in Dili.
Key points:
- Richard Daschbach faces up to 20 years in prison in Timor Leste
- He has been charged with 14 counts of sexual abuse against children
- The former priest was defrocked by the Catholic church in 2018
Alexandre Sword-Gusmao, 20, and his brothers Kay Olok, 18, and Daniel, 16, wrote to the victims of former Catholic priest Richard Daschbach, who has been charged with sexually abusing girls at a remote Timorese orphanage that he ran for decades.
Xanana Gusmao, now a senior minister in the Timorese…
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