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The bishop of Aysén, Luis Infanti, today denied allegations of concealment of badual abuse perpetrated on TVN's "Special Report" program, released Tuesday night. In addition, Infanti denounced the manipulation of the events that took place in the house of miners Villa San Luis, of the Work of Father Guanella.
In a detailed statement, Infanti recalled that Villa San Luis has served as a juvenile home since 1976 in Coyhaique. , under the canonical and civil responsibility of the religious congregation "Obra Don Guanella" with the autonomy of the apostolic Vicariate of Aysén, who only approved the presence of the congregation in the vicariate. He adds that since 1991 this house is a collaborator of Sename, the entity in charge of supervising it.
Infanti adds that in 2005 the social worker and the home psychologist detected physical and psychological abuse among minors, as well as badual abuse among the miners themselves. They informed the director of the house, Sename and himself, as bishop, as well as the Justice and Peace Commission.
Since at the time the Vicariate had no ecclesiastical tribunal to accept the complaints, Infanti proposed to denounce the Aysén regional prosecutor's office for serious investigation, responsible and professional, which became effective. The public prosecutor opened the investigation by the prosecutor Luis González Aracena and later, the Sename became part of the case, recalled Infanti.
In the investigation, the Bishop added, the IDP detected "serious illicit, abuse and abuse of children between the same children of the house and the religious adults of the". artwork ". In addition, in 2005, in parallel with the actions of the public prosecutor, the Obra Don Guanella congregation was informed of the allegations of abuse so that, according to canon law, the congregation badumes the corresponding actions in these cases.
"In November 2006, I received a confidential report from Sename that consolidates the investigation of several institutions on the case, which shows the seriousness of the abuses, abuses and violations in the old house, which testifies to the participation of the priests and religious of the congregation Obra Don Guanella, without identifying them for the moment .. Following this, I met all the staff of the house to exhort them to collaborate with the Prosecutor's investigation, "added Infanti
recalling that in November 2006, the Sename had ordered the closure of the house. the decision to provisionally archive the investigation, which was reopened in April 2011 and that on August 4, 2011 was cited to testify in front of the prosecution as part of the investigation, "and j & # 39; provided all the information I knew. "
He also mentioned that on November 5, 2012 the Vicariate created the "Care and Hope" Council for the Prevention of Clergy Abuse of Minors, in accordance with the guidelines of the Bishops' Conference of Chile. "Until today, this Council has not received any complaints regarding the former home of Villa San Luis," said Infanti,
on the same denunciations of " Special Report "from TVN, he claimed that" Mr. Luis Hernández, a victim of abuse at home, he spoke to me in 2011 about his traumatic experience.In this meeting I asked him for forgiveness in the name of the 39 Church, I acknowledged before him the mistakes made, as well as the condemnation of these painful events.I also explained to him that it was the Vicariate who had entrusted the matter to justice when the house was In his turn, he expressed his agreement with dialogue and serenity for closing a cycle in his life. "
" Regarding the statements made by Mrs. Elizabeth Cerda, I remember talking to her at the end of 2001. his annoyance of having been disengaged as a guardian of the house, also saying that she filed a complaint with the Coyhaique Labor Court for unjustified dismissal against the Obra Don Guanella congregation. I explained to him that he should be referred to his direct employer, "said Infanti.
"Later, I learned that the cause of his dismissal was related to serious allegations of abuse towards the same children at home. I did not receive from Ms. Elizabeth Cerda the allegations of badual abuse within Don Guanella's work to which she refers in the report. If that were the case, I would have taken the corresponding steps, as I did in 2005 when I received a formal complaint about these incidents, "added the bishop. background to the Pope's envoys to Osorno Immediately, he claims to have spoken to me three or four times by handing me letters, and he baderts that this statement is categorical: I have never met him or personally met. "
" It is striking that the report tried to give room to answer other bishops directly at home, they did not contact me by any means, and they used my statements in the program "El Informante" on May 27 on TVN, taking them out of context. "
Regarding the latter, Infanti explained that" when asked it was formulated by journalist Matías del Río about my knowledge of child abuse by religious da In the region of Aysén, my answer was "no" in reference to the formal complaints made by the Vicariate's "Care and Hope" Council. To date I have not received any complaints with this feature by this institutional way regarding the former Villa San Luis house. "
Finally, he said that" always my intention was that in this painful case of Villa San Luis is establish the truth and justice is done ", to then excuse again these facts and denounce the manipulation of "political actors who appear today, and who were silent at the time. "
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