ARGENTINA
Daily Mail
By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline
A child sex abuse scandal is unfolding at a school in Argentina where tormentors would allegedly chose their victims knowing the other children wouldn’t hear the screams as they were deaf.
Two Roman Catholic priests are accused of repeatedly raping pupils at the Antonio Provolo Institute for hearing impaired children in Mendoza province.
At least 24 students at the school have come forward seeking the justice against Reverend Nicola Corradi, 82, the Reverend Horacio Cobacho, 55 and four other men.
Victims and prosecutors say the rapes by the priests took place in the bathrooms, dorms, garden and a basement at the school.
The five were arrested in late November by police who raided the school and found magazines featuring naked women and about $34,000 in Corradi’s room. …
Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability, an online resource about clerical abuse, said: ‘No other pope has spoken as passionately about the evil of child sex abuse as Francis. No other pope has invoked ‘zero tolerance’ as often. No other pope has promised accountability of church superiors.
‘In light of the crimes against the helpless children in Mendoza, the Pope’s assurances seem empty indeed.’
Earlier this month, the Pontiff appeared in a video using sign language to wish deaf people worldwide a Merry Christmas — a gesture that fell particularly flat in Argentina as Catholics struggle with the enormity of the scandal.
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