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Santiago de Chile.- The Office of the Prosecutor of the Chilean city of Rancagua today called for the declaration of the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, accused of having concealed cases of badual abuse by members of the Catholic Church.
According to a statement from the Archdiocese of Santiago, "Ezzati was summoned by the Regional Prosecutor's Office of Rancagua to testify as charged on August 21, for possible liability that could enter the crime of concealment."
In the same text, Ezzati reiterated his commitment and that of the Church of Santiago towards the victims in the search for the truth and in the respect of the civil justice
"I have the conviction that I have never hidden or hindered the Justice and as a citizen, I will fulfill my duty to provide all the information that will help clarify the facts, "said the Archbishop.
Convocation to the highest authority of the Catholic Church The country is known 24 hours after the public prosecutor announced that he was investigating 158 people in connection with 144 cases of abuse or other crimes against 266 victims in Chile.
The director of the Division for Human Rights Luis Torres explained that the victims could reach nearly 500,000, mainly when they begin to receive complaints from victims of extreme regions of Chile in a country that extends over more than 4,000 kilometers.
On the other hand, the Chilean prosecutor's office informed that he would ask the Vatican State for the antecedents of Pope Francis regarding the badual abuse committed by priests and officials of the country. 39; Church.
The body seeks to obtain the report prepared by Archbishop Charles Scicluna, sent by Pope Francisco to Chile, on cases of badual abuse committed in the southern country.
Scicluna, who twice visited Chile to the Spanish Jesuit Jordi Bertomeu, an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who collected evidence from 64 alleged victims and handed the Pope a report of 2300 pages.
Up to here, the pontiff accepted the resignation of five bishops, some accused of concealing abuses, while new denunciations appeared, such as those targeting Marianist religious and a former Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Santiago, Óscar Muñoz, who is in custody. EFE
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