CARACAS (VENEZUELA)
teleSUR
July 14, 2018
Santiago, Chile – Police are also looking into the possibility of accomplices, along with a pedophile network involving as many as 14 priests.
Police raids revealed boxes of papers detailing investigations led by the Catholic church against five priests suspected of sexual abuse.
Investigations into alleged sexual abusers within the Chilean episcopacy are escalating after police raids in Temuco and Villarrica led to the confiscation of dozens of documents believed to be connected to additional abuse cases.
Prosecutor Italo Ortega led the raids – which began first in Temuco and then Villarrica – revealed boxes of papers detailing investigations led by the Catholic church against five priests suspected of child molestation and sexual abuse.
“As there was no voluntary delivery then we requested the authorization that corresponds to the Court of Guarantee, we made the presentation of the background and the Court ruled that the seizure proceed,” said the prosecutor of Temuco, Roberto Garrido.
Elsewhere in Santiago, former Chilean Priest Oscar Muñoz is being held in preventive detention, accused of sexual abuse and the rape of at least seven minors between the ages of 11 and 17. Muñoz was arrested in Santiago, Thursday and was transferred to Rancagua.
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