Scandal in Argentina as Judges Say a Six-Year Old's Alleged Homosexuality Invited Sexual Abuse
Photo of a mother and child unrelated to the case in question. Image courtesy of André Delhaye on Flickr under Creative Commons license.
An outrageous decision in a sex abuse case brought before Judges Horacio Piombo and Ramón Sal Llargués of the Chamber of Criminal Cassation of Buenos Aires was recently made public.
A man charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old, saw his sentence reduced to 38 months by the two appeal judges who determined the case had mitigating factors, namely that the victim “displayed a homosexual orientation and was accustomed to being sexually abused.”
The accused, Mario Tolosa, former vice-president of the soccer team for which the child played, had already been sentenced to six years in prison after a court found him guilty of the crime of aggravated sexual assault.
In response to the chamber's decision, the Argentine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Federation (FALGBT) expressed its astonishment and assured the news agency Andar Agencia that the organization would be calling for the impeachment of judges Horacio Piombo and Ramón Sal Llargués.
Estupor en la FALGBT por el fallo que habría reducido la pena a abusador sexual por supuesta orientación sexual de su [víctima]
Posted by Federación Argentina LGBT (FALGBT) on Saturday, May 16, 201