MEXICO
Latin One
Ma. Elena | staff@latinopost.com
Jan 28, 2016
Mexico’s Catholic Church is being accused of protecting a priest who allegedly sexually abused about 100 children.
During a press conference, a letter written by the mother of one victim was read aloud, according to EFE (via Fox News Latino). It was directed to Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit Mexico in February.
In the letter, the mother asked the pontiff for justice for the victims in order to assure that “this doesn’t happen again,” the news outlet added. The accused is Rev. Gerardo Silvestre Hernández, whose first sexual abuse allegedly took place almost a decade ago.
Alejandro de Jesus of the Oaxaca Children’s Forum said that “in 2006, Gerardo Silvestre abused a 9-year-old boy during a six-month internship” in San Pablo Huitzo, a parish in the southern state of Oaxaca, EFE further reported. De Jesus added that after that, “more than 100 victims were dragged in” during the years in which he served as a priest at seven different locations.
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