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Herry Wirawan had been convicted by a three-judge panel at Bandung District Court in February and sentenced to life in prison.

The babies were delivered at a local clinic or the homes of midwives and then cared for by Mr. Herry’s parents and sisters, said his attorney, Ira Margaretha Mambo.

Mr. Herry pleaded with the court for leniency as the sole provider for his wife and their two children.

In their verdict, the judges concluded that Mr. Herry, who also taught religion at the school, had brainwashed the students so effectively that “they couldn’t even distinguish right from wrong.”

The allegations against Mr. Herry outraged Indonesians and focused national attention on the issue of child protection at privately run religious schools, which number in the tens of thousands.