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South America has become a safe haven for the Catholic Church’s alleged child molesters

Will Carless Jimmy Chalk Rob Harris on Sep 17, 2015

But now, GlobalPost has investigated a disturbing new chapter to the story.

The Catholic Church has allowed priests accused of sexually abusing children in the United States and Europe to escape their pasts by moving to parishes in the poor, remote corners of the developing world. This despite ongoing pledges from a new pope to clean up the church’s record on abuse.

We spent the last year tracking down some of these fugitive fathers across South America — not far from the pope’s homeland. All but one of the men we found continue to work as priests, enjoying the privilege, respect and unfettered access to young people that comes with being a member of the clergy.

One of the priests…