THE most recent case of alleged child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest is detailed in a court filing that indicts Fr. Serlito Villar of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Poblacion, Alegria, Cebu, for lascivious conduct toward and rape of an 11-year-old boy.

The indictment, filed in Regional Trial Court Branch 62 in Oslob, Cebu, by the no-nonsense and determined Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Julius Torreon Ompad, backed up by Provincial Prosecutor Ludivico Vistal Cutaran, listed five counts of rape with sexual assault and one count of lascivious conduct.