The Second Collegiate Tribunal of the Santo Domingo East sentenced priest Elvin Taveras Duran to 30 years in jail for the murder of 16-year old altar boy Fernelis Carrion in 2017. Taveras will serve the sentence at the Najayo jail in San Cristobal. The court determined that the priest killed Carrion of a hammer blow and several knife injuries because he was being blackmailed for publishing sexual relations with the child during a three-year period.
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Diario Libre
12 February 2019
