Pope names Chilean survivor to Commission for the Protection of Minors

Pope Francis has named Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse by a notorious Chilean priest, to be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Cruz, James Hamilton and José Andrés Murillo, all victims of then-Fr Fernando Karadima, met with Pope Francis in 2018, several weeks after the pope wrote a letter in which... Read More

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August 22, 2019

Vatican investigates abuse allegation against Chilean president’s uncle

The apostolic nunciature in Chile announced that the Vatican has opened an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against retired Archbishop Bernardino Pinera Carvallo of La Serena, who is the uncle of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera. In a statement, the nunciature said the preliminary investigation will determine the credibility of an accusation of abuse allegedly... Read More

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April 5, 2019

No justification for abuses, cover-up, Chilean bishop says

The Catholic Church in Chile must do everything possible to repair the damage caused by clergy sexual abuse and subsequent cover-up, and accept the decision of the courts investigating cases, the new apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Santiago said. Speaking to journalists in Rome on 4th April, Bishop Celestino Aos Braco of Copiapo, Chile,... Read More

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March 29, 2019

Chilean court orders Church to pay compensation to abuse survivors

A Chilean appeals court ruled in favour of three survivors of abuse by former priest Fernando Karadima and ordered the Catholic Church to pay damages. In a decision announced on 27th March, the court ordered the Church to pay 100 million pesos (£3,962,000) for “moral damages” to each of the survivors: Juan Carlos Cruz, Jose... Read More

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January 15, 2019

Pope meets with Chilean bishops, discusses abuse crisis

Pope Francis spent nearly three hours with bishops from Chile discussing the sexual abuse crisis that has rocked the Church in the country, a Chilean bishop said. Briefing journalists on the bishops’ meeting with the pope, Bishop Luis Fernando Ramos Perez, apostolic administrator of Rancagua and secretary-general of the bishops’ conference, said they met for... Read More

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October 1, 2018

Pope expels Karadima, notorious Chilean abuser, from priesthood

Pope Francis expelled from the priesthood a Chilean who gained notoriety for sexually abusing young men in his parish. In a statement, the Vatican said that Fernando Karadima was dismissed from the clerical state by the pope, who “made this exceptional decision in conscience and for the good of the Church.” Citing canon law, the... Read More

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August 8, 2018

Pope thanks Chilean bishops for steps taken to address abuse scandal

After the bishops of Chile issued a formal apology for failing to listen to clerical abuse victims and drew up national guidelines for responding to abuse allegations, Pope Francis sent them a handwritten letter of thanks. ‘I am struck by the work of reflection, discernment and the decisions you have made,’ the pope wrote in... Read More

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February 21, 2018

Ex-Chilean seminarian: meeting with Vatican abuse investigator ‘intense’

A former Chilean seminarian who accused a current bishop of abuse cover-up met with a Vatican investigator and said he finally felt he had been heard. Juan Carlos Cruz met for nearly four hours on 17th February with Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, a longtime expert on clergy sex abuse. Cruz, who currently lives and... Read More

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