Paedophilia: Pope Expels Argentinian Priest

By Vatican Insider
Vatican Insider
November 6, 2014

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/pedofilia-pedophilia-argentina-37340/

In 2011 Jose Mercau was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of repeatedly corrupting and sexually abusing minors

VATICAN INSIDER STAFF

ROME

Pope Francis has expelled an Argentinian priest sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing minors when he was parish priest at a church in the Diocese of San Isidro, in northern Buenos Aires. The diocese announced the news in an official statement.

In 2011, Fr. Jose Mercau was found guilty of repeatedly corrupting and sexually abusing minors after admitting to these crimes and after he was reported by a number of his victims. In 2005 these victims were aged between 11 and 14 years old and lived in Hogar San Juan Diego, a centre for disadvantaged young people in the El Talar area of Buenos Aires.

Last December, the Bishop of San Isidro, Mgr. Oscar Ojea, issued a public apology to the paedophile priest’s victims, asking all members of the diocese to “work together to change the culture of assistance offered to children and adolescents.”