[Catholic Church suspends 19 priests for alleged acts of sexual abuse]
COLOMBIA
Caracol Radio
April 3, 2020
By Juan Pablo Barrientos
Quince de ellos en Villavicencio. El denunciante es ahora un testigo protegido de la Fiscalía.
[Note: The following is a Google Translation from the original Spanish]
[Fifteen of them in Villavicencio. The complainant is now a protected witness for the Prosecutor’s Office.
On March 16, the president of the Episcopal Conference and Archbishop of Villavicencio, Monsignor Óscar Urbina , in an unprecedented act in the Catholic Church of Colombia, suspended 15 priests who, according to a protected witness from the Prosecutor’s Office, formed along with 4 other priests, a network of sexual abusers that operated in Meta, Guaviare, Italy and the United States.
After learning about this publication from Caracol Radio, the Archdiocese of Villavicencio issued a statement in which they assure that “on February 14, 2020, a Colombian citizen, of legal age, brought to the attention of the competent body, facts against the sexual morality of some priests of this Archdiocese ”. The statement continues: “Aware that these acts are extremely serious, the Archdiocese of Villavicencio deplores and feels deep pain at this situation.”]
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