Top Chilean Priest Arrested for Sexually Abusing 7 Children

VIRGINIA BEACH (VA)
CBN News

July 13, 2018

By George Thomas

Months after it was revealed that Chile’s Roman Catholic church was embroiled in a culture of abuse and coverups spanning decades, authorities have arrested a top priest for sexually abusing minors.

Oscar Munoz Toledo, once a prominient member of Santiago’s archdiocese, was taken into custody Thursday.

“The crimes he is accused of are of repeated sexual abuse and one case of a consenting relationship with an older minor,” Chilean prosecutor Emiliano Arias told reporters.

Toledo is among 14 other suspected priests accused of sexually abusing children. Police have charged Munoz with the abuse and statutory rape of seven minors.

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