CHILE
Digital Journal
By AFP
Feb 6, 2014
The Vatican has opened an investigation into a Chilean bishop for alleged sexual abuse, the local Church leadership said Thursday.
A statement released by Chile’s Catholic church leadership said San Felipe bishop Cristian Contreras had “expressed the wish” for the allegations against him to be investigated.
Contreras denies the allegations as “completely unfounded.”
The case came to light after an investigation by the Center for Investigative Journalism, or CIPER, which revealed the archdiocese had received complaints from other priests of suspected abuses by Contreras — in one case against a 15-year-old child.
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