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February 20, 2018

Ex-Chilean seminarian: Meeting with Vatican abuse investigator 'intense', 'hopeful'

Juan Cruz becomes emotional after speaking to reporters Feb. 17 following a meeting with Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, Italy, at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in New York City. Pope Francis asked Cardinal Scicluna to investigate allegations that Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Chile, covered up allegations of abuse committed by his former mentor, Father Fernando Karadima. Cruz, a victim of Father Karadima's now living in Philadelphia, had written to Pope Francis in 2015 claiming that then-Father Barros was present when some of the abuse took place.
NEW YORK – A former Chilean seminarian who accused a current bishop of abuse cover-up met with a Vatican investigator and said he finally felt he had been heard.
Published in International