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Demand for trial against clergy accused of abusing deaf kids

Associated Press
May 6, 2019

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People from organizations representing the victims of alleged abuse by members of the Catholic church, protest outside the archdiocese office in Mendoza, Argentina, Monday, May 6, 2019. Members of online research database BishopAccountability.org and Ending Clergy Abuse are in Argentina demanding the church take a "zero tolerance" policy regarding abuse and put an end to what they describe as cover ups, and in particular are demanding justice in the case of deaf children who were allegedly abused in Medoza. From left are alleged victim Fran Carrazco, Ending Clergy Abuse member Peter Isely, Bishop Accountability member Anne Barrett Doyle, the mother of an alleged victim, Marta Carina García, and Próvolo member Silvia Llaver.
Photo by Marcelo Ruiz

International and Argentine activists are calling on Pope Francis to ensure that his "zero tolerance" pledge against sexual abuses by clergy is enforced in his homeland. And they're demanding a trial for those accused of raping deaf and mute children at a Catholic school.Prosecutors say that members of the clergy abused at least 20 children at the Provolo Institute in Mendoza province. The case has caused a worldwide uproar. More than a dozen people face charges.

The Argentine group Church Without Abuses and the international organizations Ending Clergy Abuse and BishopAccountability.org met with alleged victims Monday.

It's part of a campaign urging Francis to visit his homeland to ensure the Roman Catholic Church punishes the crimes and doesn't protect perpetrators. Francis hasn't visited Argentina since becoming pope in 2013.




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