ECA GLOBAL NEWS
NOVEMBER 2019
Priests guilty of abusing deaf children in Argentina
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November 24, 2019
MENDOZA, Argentina. Report by Almudena Calatrava | AP— In Pope Francis’s homeland, two priests were found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing deaf children at a Catholic-run school in Argentina and sentenced to more than 40 years in prison.
A three-judge panel in the city of Mendoza sentenced the Rev. Nicola Corradi to 42 years and the Rev. Horacio Corbacho to 45 years for abusing children at the Antonio Provolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children in Lujan de Cuyo, a municipality in northwestern Argentina.
Nicola Corradi, is an 83-year-old Italian and Horacio Corbacho, is a 59-year-old Argentine. They were arrested in 2016. The court also sentenced gardener Armando Gómez to 18 years in prison.
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Database italiano preti pedofili aggiornato al 16-11-2019
Copyright © Rete L’ABUSO
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Commentary from Italian Francesco Zanardi, Rete L'Abuso
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Even a stopped clock marks the exact time twice a day, unless it is that of the cathedral of Savona which, despite the proclamations of Pope Francis, seems incapable of restoring dignity to this diocese and to the victims of its pedophile priests and the bishops who favored them.
By Francesco Zanardi
Abuse survivors say statute of limitations keeps priests and the church from taking responsibility
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As part of a three-month investigation into alleged priest abuse, the WCPO I-team reviewed dozens of lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, most of them dismissed because the statute of limitations had expired. That shielded the archdiocese against prosecutors and trial lawyers who’ve forced public disclosure and big cash settlements in other states.
“There is no question that Ohio is one of the worst states in the country at this point,” said Marci Hamilton, CEO of Child USA, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that has lobbied for statute of limitations reform in all 50 states. “It is falling farther and farther behind.”
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NOVEMBER 2019, Mexico City. Host Chumel Torres on HBO, Mexican TV featured the work of ECA, keeping the public informed of the efforts to compel the Church to end clerical abuse and to seek effective justice for victims.
Also In Mexico, ECA Member, Adalberto Mendez Lopez and others are working on a law initiative to abolish the statutes of limitation on sexual abuse. The initiative was presented weeks ago in the Mexican Senate and they are working on pushing it forward.
Adalberto Méndez López
Attorney in Law Licensed in Mexico
LLM American University Washington College of Law
23 November 2019. Mexico. Report by: JACOBO GARCIA and GEORGINA ZEREGA
The Legionaries of Christ confirmed that the six complaints of sexual abuse of minors filed against a priest of the congregation were true. They also recognize that despite the fact that the priest was denounced by a father for sexually abusing his son in 1969, he continued to go to schools and religious centers in Mexico City and Cancun, and served as a confessor in Salamanca (Spain).
Caso Sodalicio Vol. 4 de Pedro Salinas
La investigación sobre los abusos del Sodalitium Christianae Vitae o Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana continúa. Su autor comparte un fragmento de este nuevo libro que buscar ayudar a entender el mayor escándalo de la iglesia católica en el Perú.
CRIN Report
The Third Wave: Justice for survivors of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Latin America
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CRIN, The Child Rights International Network based in London, has issued a Report on Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy in Latin America.
Survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church predict Latin America will become the third region globally to witness mass revelations that expose systemic abuse and how the Church concealed it. Human rights groups say the global Church is still failing to respond to and make amends for its sexual abuse scandal, and survivors are increasingly placing the onus on national governments to respond, as they call for national inquiries and better
access to justice.
The report entitled, The Third Wave: Justice for survivors of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Latin America, hopes to complement the efforts of survivors in Latin America in pursuing truth, accountability and redress. In covering all 18 Spanish-speaking countries in the region, as well as Brazil, it
summarises the regional scale of child sexual abuse and cover-ups by the Catholic Church in each country and how survivors and lawmakers have mobilised in response. The report is a useful resource for national organisations and lobbying groups in Latin America wishing to pursue advocacy on reforming national legislation and establishing public inquiries. The report also establishes the responsibility of national lawmakers to act in support of its citizens and, if need be, in defiance of the
Catholic Church.
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NOVEMBER 2019. FRANCE. François Ozon’s devastating drama follows survivors of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest in Lyon, France. The protagonists are based on the real-life men who came forward to accuse a priest, Bernard Preynat, of molesting them when they were
children in the 1970s, ’80s and early ’90s.
Félicitations Nadine, François, Alex et tous ceux qui ont travaillé pour exposer ce crime en France. Sortie générale à San Francisco le lun. Le 11 novembre. Basé sur les événements de la condamnation en 2019 du Cardinal Philippe Barbarin de Lyon pour avoir caché la conduite du Père Bernard Preynat, BY THE GRACE OF GOD illustre avec compassion les différents effets du traumatisme sur les survivants et leurs familles dans ce portrait urgent de la
résistance, du pouvoir de mobilisation, et des mystères de la foi.
A Chennai-Goa based duo have now petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address sexual abuse, corruption and other crimes occurring within different denominations of the Christian faith in India. R Joseph Kennedy and Savio Rodrigues have kicked off a campaign named 'Hail Mary', to expose incidence
of sexual crimes within the church and talk about the need for systemic change to end it.
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NOVEMBER 3, 2019. ALL SURVIVORS DAY is an international day to recognize survivors of sexual abuse, bring their stories into the light, raise awareness of the widespread nature of the issue and organize for change in the culture that allows
sexual abuse to continue.
NOVEMBER 23, 2019, Japan. As #PopeFrancis visits Japan, clergy sex abuse survivors and advocates -- including SNAP Leaders Harumi Suzuki and James Faluszczak -- held a demonstration march to protest the pope's handling of cases of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
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November 17, 2019.The CBC learned that the Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver was aware of 36 cases of clergy sex abuse since the 1950s. Their Fifth Estate Investigation also revealed details about how the archdiocese handled allegations of abuse.
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The Fifth Estate
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A pedophile priest was sent to work for an aid organization helping vulnerable families in an African country, even though his Catholic order knew he had been convicted of abusing children years earlier in Europe, a CNN investigation has found.
NOVEMBER 18, 2019. Report by Lucie Sarr
La Croix Africa conducted a survey to find out how Pope Francis' motu proprio, Vos estis lux mundi (You are the light of the world), has been received in Africa and how the African bishops' conferences have absorbed its message to tackle sexual abuse in the Church."Our local culture is sometimes a culture
of shame. If there are subjects we are not sure about, we do not know how to talk about them," Burkinabe Jesuit Father Paul Béré, a teacher at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, said in June.
If you experienced sexual violence or know of anyone who has, and you wish to talk to someone, reach The Totya Platform at our free and anonymous hotline: 0800 220 630
(Uganda only)
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Sebastian Cuattromo, Argentina Survivor/Founder,
Adultxs por los derechos de la infancia
"As adult survivors of the crime of sexual abuse and as representatives of our collective association, we are happy to have met new colleagues who, like us, have the conviction to fight to end the sexual abuse of children in the world. It was a great pleasure...
Hopefully we can continue to work together for justice for survivors and for the protection of today's children."
Sebatián Cuattromo and Silvia Piceda
Founding members of the Civil Association “Adults for Children´s Rights”
Zero Tolerance + Zero Cover Up = Truth and Justice
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