CHILE
PBS Newshour
June 15, 2018
[VIDEO]
Pope Francis announced this week he would accept the resignation of three Chilean bishops, in an ongoing scandal that has grown into a national crisis. Nearly 80 Catholic clergy across the country have been accused of sexually abusing minors over decades, and more have been implicated in the coverup. Jeffrey Brown reports from Santiago, Chile.
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Judy Woodruff:
Now, an extraordinary crisis for the Catholic Church and test for the pope himself.
This week, Pope Francis announced that he would accept the resignation of three bishops in the South American country of Chile. Two days later, Chilean police made surprise raids on church offices.
It is all part of an ongoing child abuse scandal that began in 2010 and continues to reverberate across Latin America and beyond.
Jeffrey Brown reports from Santiago, Chile.
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