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Christian Today
Shianee Mamanglu-Regala 17 November 2015
Allegations of sexual abuse as well as abuse of authority by certain leaders of a religious group in Barcelona have led to an internal investigation by the Vatican, according to the Catholic News Agency (CNA).
Former missionary “Paulino,” 36, recently made accusations that he had been a labour and sex slave of certain members of the Missionary Community of Saint Paul the Apostle, and of Mary Mother of the Church (MCSPA) for years. The information was sent to Pope Francis.
He mentioned the names of three priests who he accused of having abused him. The three have a common history in a controversial formation house called “Casa de Santiago,” created decades ago in Barcelona to promote late vocations, the CNA report said.
“I have been a labour slave and sexual slave for a group of depraved people, who were protected by church officials,” Paulino said in a letter to the pope.
“In the three years I spent at the mission of Natiokotome in Kenya, I was treated like a beast of burden. There were around 30 people, and on top of the slave work there was sexual slavery. They would tell us that an active sexual life is something that God wants, and that He also wants us to go around naked, because that is the way He made us. Help me, Francis. Soothe my broken soul a little. Don’t let other youths endure this hell.”
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