ARGENTINA
Christian Today
Ruth Gledhill EDITOR 24 May 2017
Some children who have accused priests of child sex abuse are no more than ‘spiteful’ boys who fell in love with priests and were rejected, according to a Vatican envoy.
The Buenos Aires Herald reports that Father Dante Simon, one of two envoys sent to investigate an alleged cover-up at the Antonio Próvolo Institute for deaf children in Mendoza province, said some cases had been dismissed because the accusers were ‘spiteful’.
More than 60 former students have made allegations of sexual abuse at the institute.
Simon told the Herald’s reporter Martín Tejerina. ‘A few have been dismissed. Because there are people who are spiteful. For example, a girl or a boy falls in love with a priest, and he doesn’t respond back. The boy can be very spiteful like a woman can. So, they denounce [the priest].”
The Herald reports that Simon’s attempts to meet with victims and family members of victims have been unsuccessful.
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