Pope Francis’ role in Argentina’s most famous case of priestly sex abuse is coming under renewed scrutiny as he faces the greatest crisis of his papacy over the Catholic Church’s troubled legacy of cover-up and allegations he himself sided with the accused.
Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press
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Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe
A police official in Buenos Aires province said officers seized documents from the archives of the Antonio Provolo Institute in the city of La Plata dating back more than 30 years.
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Argentine Senate rejects legalizing elective abortion
A grassroots movement came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalization of the procedure in the homeland of Pope Francis.
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Clerical sex abuse disclosures skyrocket in Pope Francis’ Argentina
Advocates of priestly abuse victims question how Francis could have been unaware of the allegations.