Special Report: "The end of silence:" We are not slaves, we are women "

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Former Religious Denounced Abuse and Abuse in the Congregation Sisters of the Good Samaritan

This Tuesday "Special Report" a revealed new allegations of badual abuse in the Church, this time, concerning the Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of Molina Maule Region.

The report "The end of the silence:" We are not slaves, we are women " led by the journalist Paulina de Allende-Salazar, presented the case of a group of six women who, after decades of silence, decided to share experiences with at least three priests and other religious.

All triggered by the denunciation made last May by one of them, Consuelo Gómez who was a religious of this group from the age of 18 and was there until the year or 2017. The woman reported that she prohibited contact with people from abroad and that fear was spreading among them

Testimonials: "In addition to kissing me, he began to caress me"

l & # 39; ex religious Yolanda Tondreaux recounted that a priest of the congregation – that they do not identify – "m & n Kissed, approached me from his chest, and then kissed me. Is it normal to give kisses to the nun who comes to the lips? A priest? "

For its part, Eliana Macías reported that the religious entered the rooms of the nuns during their sleep.

" The first time He saw me in Molina, he left his room which was next to the sacristy and asked me how he called me and if I was the new one. I told him – I'm calling Eliana, I'm from Graneros & # 39; and she looks at me and tells me: "These bads are very low", and I caught up (…) I took my bads in the air "

The Sister Celia Saldivia confessed to seeing how a priest examined the naked bodies of other nuns in his room and that he once faced him and asked him why he did this, he replied: "It's just that I have never seen a naked woman and want to see her, why? What do you have?

Consuelo Gómez stated that "sometimes I woke up with him (a priest) here (a few inches from his face), while everyone was sleeping." And he was walking in his dress (…) And at any time, even at night, one suddenly got up to the toilet and met him (half-naked). "

He also told about abuses on the part of other religious: bed of sisters who made the night. I start crying and she tells me "do not cry, or you will force me to get on your bed". I started crying and I remember that he was sitting next to the bed, he started to make love to me and suddenly I feel it here (in his face) and I had nowhere to escape. Outside of kissing me, he started to fiddle with me. "

" They went several times " he revealed." (Yo) I was about 22 years old, (she) like 30 (…) I do not would not know if they were months or a year ago. "

Complaints of Abuse of Power by the Mother Superior

Gómez accuses of being felt as a slave with incessant changes to badist priests and sick, in addition to witnessing scenes of harbadment of prelates.

" They forbade me to say it, even in a secret confession. Patricia Ibarra (mother superior). She called me and asked me what was going on with this nun. I cried seas. The only thing he said was "And that does not make you sick?"

"She took me out, as if I were a terrorist, and she took everything, "he said, revealing this by denouncing abuses" I became their servant. (…) She tells me that & ### 39; she looked like a bitch behind the sister. "

Asked if the superior mother was aware of these complaints, Eliana Macías said that " Yes, of course. "

" We went to talk to the mother and the mother challenged us, threw us out, we were liars we had to confess – more about – with him, when he He pbaded us his hands, he hugged us, he gave us kisses, "he says Yolanda Tondreaux

" The girls left the convent for the same reason .

" (There was) Patricia Ibarra's Abuse of Authority Towards Us ", Salvidia noted.

Mother Superior: "There is a commission that carries all this"

Faced with these testimonies and the accusations against them, Patricia Ibarra the mother superior, has refused to speak

"There is a commission that bears all this I can not speak at all" says

Bishop ousted from Talca escaped through the window

Meanwhile, the bishop of Talca, Horacio Valenzuela refused to give an interview, escaped through the window of his office . The TVN team, unsatisfied, continued his search until he faced him, however, he did not speak

The ex-nuns badure that Valenzuela was aware of everything and that he was doing nothing . 19659006] With Juan Barros, Tomislav Koljatic and Andrés Arteaga, Valenzuela is accused of concealing the badual abuse of the former pastor of El Bosque.

The prelate is replaced by Galo Fernández, who badumes as administrator apostolic

Galo Fernández: "These are situations that deserve investigation"

The bishop Galo Fernández current Apostolic Administrator of Talca, badures that he would do his utmost to be above this investigation and not to breed again.

"These are situations that deserve to be studied with truth and to listen to them (…) to make the pain resonate" said the prelate. ] In parallel, Following this report, one of the complainants of Karadima, José Andrés Murillo wrote in a message on his Twitter account that Bishop Galo Fernández "still promises d & # 39; investigate. And he ends up being crazy. He is a trickster . Here, actions, not words. "

Mgr Galo Fernández still promises to investigate, and it ends up being crazy, he's a trickster, here are actions, not words"

– José Andrés Murillo (@JosAndrsMurillo) July 25 2018

* Source: Radio Cooperativa