SANTIAGO – Prosecutors in Chile questioned Roman Catholic bishop Juan Barros as part of an investigation into sex abuse allegations against former military chaplain Pedro Quiroz. Barros, whose resignation as bishop of Osorno was accepted […]
SANTIAGO – The number of sexual abuse cases, involving Chilean church officials, has tripled since July with 119 open investigations underway in the Prosecutor’s Office. The Sexual Crimes Unit of the country’s Prosecutor’s Office has […]
SANTIAGO – Authorities raided the office of the bishop to the armed services on Thursday as part of investigations into accusations that senior Roman Catholic Church officials covered up claims of sexual abuse by clergymen […]
SANTIAGO – The Vatican dismissed a Chilean deacon, accused of sexually abusing minors in the town of Las Cabras in central Chile, the archdiocese of the city of Rancagua said Friday. Luis Rubio was arrested […]
SANTIAGO – Police in Chile’s capital city have arrested a former Roman Catholic Church official for sexually abusing children, according to a state prosecutor. Oscar Muñoz, who served as chancellor of the archdiocese of Santiago, […]
VATICAN CITY/SANTIAGO – Pope Francis on Thursday removed another two Chilean bishops over the clerical sex abuse scandal that has rocked the South American country. Francis accepted the resignation of Rancagua Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic, […]
BUENOS AIRES – The lower house of Argentina’s congress has narrowly approved a bill that would legalise abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy in what has been described as a historic move. The […]
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of three Chilean bishops including the controversial Juan Barros of Osorno, the city at the centre of the uproar, the Vatican said on Monday. In an […]
VATICAN CITY – Argentina’s national team have cancelled an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican that was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, the Holy See has announced. The Albiceleste are preparing for the […]
VATICAN CITY/MANAGUA – Pope Francis has called for an end to violence in Nicaragua, where the death toll from weeks of violent unrest rose to 100 this week as President Daniel Ortega rejected calls to […]
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