SANTIAGO, Chile — An Irish-born priest of the Legion of Christ religious order has finished serving a four-year sentence for sexually abusing a minor and may have to leave the country within days, his lawyer said Monday. John O’Reilly 72 hours to leave Chile. Murga left open, however, the possibility that O’Reilly could take some unspecified legal action before being expelled. In 2014, O’Reilly was convicted of sexually abusing a minor while he was a chaplain at a prestigious school operated by the Legion in Santiago. The Interior Ministry has ruled that O’Reilly would have to leave within 72 hours of finishing his sentence, and Chile’s Congress revoked the honorary citizenship it had given him.

Source: Washington Post December 10, 2018 17:59 UTC