Rabat - A 70-year-old Moroccan imam was caught in the act last week sexually molesting an 8-year-old boy inside a mosque near Marrakech, reports say.

Rabat – A 70-year-old Moroccan imam was caught in the act last week sexually molesting an 8-year-old boy inside a mosque near Marrakech, reports say.

The Moroccan imam was arrested when some locals heard screams of a little boy coming out from inside the mosque.

The locals recorded the disturbing scenes with cellphone cameras.

According to the same source, they surrounded the perpetrator before calling the authorities who came and arrested the septuagenarian Imam who was entrusted by the parents of the children to teach them the Quran and the teachings of Islam.

As soon as the scandal broke out, two other boys admitted that they were sexually abused by the said Imam.