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Ugnė Lazauskaitė

Priest, 63, Marries 12-Year-Old Girl, Community Leaders Tell Her To Dress Teasingly

Trigger warning: human rights violation, child marriage.

An influential 63-year-old priest married a 12-year-old girl in
Ghana, sparking outrage among locals who say the union constitutes a human rights violation.

The ceremony took place on Saturday (March 30) despite the legal minimum age to get married in Ghana being 18 years old.

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