Court sentences priest to 15 years for sexual abuse
Chilean priest Oscar Muñoz was convicted for having abused at least five minors during 16 years. But the list of his victims could potentially grow....
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Notorious priest Fernando Karadima, 90, dies
Fernando Karadima died in a retirement home on Monday, July 26, in the same municipality where he committed his alleged crimes. The Chilean priest became...
Mariano Puga, the Workers-Priest, Passed Away
by Diego Rivera
SANTIAGO – Mariano Puga passed away due to his lymphatic cancer. Before dying the priest had been saying goodbye to his loved ones in case...
Santiago priests stand up against abuse during Sunday mass
SANTIAGO – At least 70 priests from Santiago have signed a letter, read during masses on Sunday. The action is a response to the latest sexual abuse...
Rape in the cathedral: another sexual abuse case in Chile
SANTIAGO – A new chapter in the widespread sexual abuse scandal in the Chilean Catholic Church has brought cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, archbishop of Santiago, under...
Irish priest must leave Chile after completing prison sentence
SANTIAGO – John O´Reilly, the Irish priest who was convicted in 2015 for the abuse of a 5-year-old girl, has completed his prison sentence of...
Another abuse accusation shakes Chile’s Catholics
SANTIAGO/CONCEPCIÓN – Last week, an anonymous person accused a Catholic Church cleric in the southern city of Concepción. In a letter, he described the abuse...