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Argentine bishop accused of sexual misconduct returns to work at Vatican central bank

Jun 13, 2020

As the Vatican resumed its activities after the two-month COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown, Crux has confirmed an Argentinian bishop suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct with seminarians quietly went back to work.

By Inés San Martín

Suspended Vatican official’s former diocesan offices raided in Argentina

Nov 7, 2019

A diocese in northern Argentina was raided on Thursday as part of a fraud investigation into the rule of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, a man close to Pope Francis who also faces charges of sexually abusing seminarians.

By Inés San Martín

Cleanup underway for Argentine order after Catholicism’s own ‘nuclear option’

Nov 7, 2019

According to one expert in Church law, carrying out the recent suppression of an Argentine religious institute is a complicated, messy and time-consuming process that no churchman looks forward to. Yet for victims thirsting for justice, explanations aren’t enough – they want action.

By Elise Harris

Members of suppressed Argentine order share harrowing tales of abuse

Nov 6, 2019

Similar to the Legion of Christ founded by the late Mexican Father Marcial Maciel Degollado or the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) launched by Peruvian layman Luis Fernando Figari, members of the Hermanos Discípulos de Jesús de San Juan Bautista tell of a toxic internal culture where abuse and manipulation ran rampant.

By Elise Harris

After their order’s suppression, victims struggle to move forward

Nov 5, 2019

When the Vatican suppressed Argentina’s Hermanos Discípulos de Jesús de San Juan Bautista this summer, the act was welcome news for ex-members, some of whom have been waiting for years to get justice for alleged abuses suffered under the group’s founder and other members.

By Elise Harris

Argentine order classic case of ‘be careful what you wish for’

Nov 4, 2019

When Chrystian Contreras Javier Gomez, entered Argentina’s Hermanos Discípulos de Jesús de San Juan Bautista at age 15, he thought he was walking among spiritual giants whose life of contemplative prayer fueled a heroic service to the poor. Yet it wouldn’t take long for him to discover that there were more sinners than saints behind the community walls.

By Elise Harris