Overview

• Viral footage shows Father Luciano Braga Simplício shirtless inside the parish house in Nova Maringá, Mato Grosso, on Oct. 13.
• The groom forced open locked doors and found his 21-year-old fiancée hiding under a bathroom sink inside the residence.
• The priest said in an audio clip that she had permission to shower and change after working at the church.
• The Diocese of Diamantino announced a canonical investigation and said measures under church law are being applied.
• The woman filed a police complaint over the video’s dissemination, and both she and the priest deny any sexual relations.