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by Amna Shoaib
Like UsChurches in South America are buzzing with priests who were transferred there from places like US and UK. But many of these priests have a dark, unknown past.
A lot has changed in US and UK in the past several decades. As society distances itself from the hold of religious institutions, the power of clerical authorities has waned in the developed countries. This has weaved new patterns on or social fabric, but one undeniably positive thing to have come out of this change was that priests and religious figures are no longer immune to the law of the land.
After exhaustive investigations revealed that priests often targeted vulnerable children in the church, the altar boys, governments were swift to take action. The zero tolerance policy came about as the result of the change in societal values discussed above. This policy means that churches no longer welcome priests accused of molestation.
So where do these priests go?
The Catholic Church, if it cannot protect its priests in developed countries, conveniently sends them to places where they will not have to face the consequences of their actions.
A recent report by The Global Post sheds light on this chilling new trend of the Catholic Church of sending accused priests to places like Peru and Brazil.
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