URUGUAY
Christian Daily
Christian Deguit 16 April, 2016
The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay recently published an online letter in their website, apologizing to the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the country in the past.
“We apologize to people who have suffered abuse by some clergy and religious in our country. We feel pain and shame because they are people who, having promised to serve God and neighbor, committed horrific acts,” the bishops wrote, in a rough English translation of the letter, which was in Spanish.
Last year, the Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay created a commission for the prevention of sexual abuse among their followers. Different religious congregations and institutes of consecrated life in the South American country has since been dealing with reported cases against its members.
Most of the reports that were received were from people who were abused by priests while in their teens.
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