Buddhist priest faces sex charge in Tokyo

Japanese police have arrested a Buddhist priest in Tokyo under a new municipal law that bars adults from soliciting sex from juveniles.

The priest was detained for allegedly taking a seventeen-year-old schoolgirl to a hotel and paying her for sex.

He's the first person to be charged under the new law, which came into effect a week ago.

Those convicted face up to one year in prison, or a fine of nearly four thousand dollars.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service