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muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2018, 02:45 AM Jun 2018

Chile police raid Catholic Church offices amid sex abuse scandal

Police and prosecutors in Chile have raided offices and seized documents of the Roman Catholic Church amid a child sexual abuse and cover-up scandal.

The surprise raids took place in the capital Santiago and in the city of Rancagua.
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On Monday the Pope accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops in the wake of the scandal.

They included the controversial Juan Barros who was accused of covering up sexual abuse committed by priest Fernando Karadima in the 1980s and 1990s.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-44477890

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Chile police raid Catholic Church offices amid sex abuse scandal (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 OP

Go Chile TlalocW Jun 2018 #1

New Bishops needed Cartoonist Jun 2018 #2

First the victims were accused of lying. Voltaire2 Jun 2018 #3

Can a Pope be indicted? Cartoonist Jun 2018 #4

Yeah, but then he said he'd be open to an investigation. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2018 #5

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)

1. Go Chile

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 03:02 AM

Jun 2018

Put those bastards in jail for once.

TlalocW

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

2. New Bishops needed

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 06:40 AM

Jun 2018

Will probably have to bring them up from their farm club. I don't see them signing any free agents. Trades never seem to work out, they just move the problem around.

Voltaire2

(13,070 posts)

3. First the victims were accused of lying.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 06:45 AM

Jun 2018

Bergoglio publicly scolded the victims who came forward to accuse Barros . Then a shit storm descended. Then months later Bergoglio sort of apologized. Perhaps the police can get to the bottom of this, as surely the RCC is incapable.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

4. Can a Pope be indicted?

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 06:48 AM

Jun 2018

Frank better stay in Rome.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

5. Yeah, but then he said he'd be open to an investigation.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 08:00 AM

Jun 2018

Which I'm told is a "good start" despite being neither particularly "good" or even "a start". But whatevs. An atheist said something mean on the internet once. So there's that.

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