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A new pedophile scandal strikes the Chilean Catholic Church . The Office of the Prosecutor yesterday arrested a priest who held high positions in the Archbishopric of Santiago, accused of having sexually abused minors and "rape with circumstances of rape".
This is Óscar Muñoz Toledo, 56, who was arrested by police on the order of the prosecutor Emiliano Arias, who is investigating 14 other suspended priests from the diocese of Rancagua, for having participated in a network of abuses and kidnappings. Buying sexual favors.
Chilean digital newspapers reported that among the victims of Muñoz are five of their nephews, the children of their cousins, and also one of their acolytes. When the events occurred, the victims were between 11 and 17 years old.
Muñoz's crimes are not prescribed, unlike most other healings known to date, for which he could be sentenced to prison.
Prosecutor Arias claimed that Muñoz's concealment of Munoz's sexual abuse is being investigated, which could involve Chilean leaders of high rank, including the last two archbishops of Santiago, Francisco Javier Errázuriz and Ricardo Ezzati.
In January, two weeks before the Pope's visit to Chile, Muñoz denounced himself for sexual abuse, for which he was relieved of his duties. One of his functions in the archdiocese was precisely to take the statements of victims of this type of crime. "He was a person who knew how to take the complaint, participated and ultimately also committed the same type of crime," Arias said.
PLEASE NOTE
– Chilean Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati pointed out that the Church has a lot of suffering for the priest, for its victims and for their families, and that it will cooperate with the justice.
– The Pope accepted the resignation of five Chilean bishops involved in sexual abuse scandals.
Let's not forget Eyvi Ágreda and Juanita Mendoza, victims of hatred and machismo.
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