[The Catholic Church of Colombia suspends 19 priests for sexual abuse]
COLOMBIA
El País
April 3, 2020
By Catalina Oquendo
El arzobispo de Villavicencio asegura que se tratan de actos “deplorables” y de suma gravedad
[Note: The following is Google’s translation of the original Spanish.]
[The Archbishop of Villavicencio assures that these are “deplorable” and extremely serious acts
In 2019, the journalist Juan Pablo Barrientos published the book Let the children come to me, in which he revealed a series of cases of alleged sexual abuse by priests in various regions of Colombia. The book was not only one of the best sellers and suffered censorship attempts by some members of the Catholic Church, but it became the starting point for a news that shook the very religious Colombian society this Friday. A victim read it and took an impulse to denounce other priests. The official complaint reached the Prosecutor’s Office and upon hearing it, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Villavicencio decided to suspend 19 religious from his clergy.]
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