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Priests accused of abusing deaf Argentine students on trial

Associated Press, Church in the Americas
Aug 5, 2019

Downcast and sitting in a wheelchair as his historic trial began Monday in Argentina, Father Nicola Corradi didn’t look like the man former students at an institute for the deaf say was the force behind years of “indescribable” torment through alleged sexual abuse.

Trial for priests accused of abusing deaf Argentine students

Associated Press, Church in the Americas
Aug 4, 2019

Ezequiel Villalonga has expressed the power he feels after years of suffering now that the priests whom he and other former students accuse of abuse are finally going to trial.

Pope’s Evangelical ally back home says Francis is beyond spin

Crux in Argentina
Aug 4, 2019

Maybe it’s no surprise Pope Francis made an unconventional choice as his de facto mouthpiece back home in Argentina – an Evangelical pastor named Marcelo Figueroa.

Trial of priests accused of abusing deaf kids begins in Argentina

Crux in Argentina
Aug 2, 2019

On Monday begins the trial against two priests and a layman who worked at a Catholic school for youth with hearing disabilities and who allegedly abused several of their students. On Friday, the local archdiocese released a statement saying that they too want “truth and justice.”

Argentine archbishop says Church can be a ‘bridge’ for divided society

Crux in Argentina
Aug 1, 2019

Archbishop Marcelo Colombo of the northern city of Mendoza and vice president of the national bishops’ conference, believes that the Catholic Church can be a “bridge” encouraging dialogue among society’s different spheres.

Di Paola dice que es cercano al papa pero no está en contacto con él

Crux in Argentina
Aug 1, 2019

Read in English Nota del editor: Esta es el primero de una serie de artículos sobre los “sacerdotes villeros,” un grupo de cerca de 40 sacerdotes que viven y trabajan en los barrios carenciados de Buenos Aires, explorando su trabajo, sus pensamientos y la realidad de las personas que viven