The Chilean judiciary issued the preventive jail to the previous Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Santiago Oscar Munozconvicted final week for crimes of rape and baby abuse. He is likely one of the Chilean ministers whom Pope Francis disassociated from the church in 2019.
Santiago’s Court docket of Enchantment imposed the interim measure Wednesday on the request of Central North Metropolitan prosecutors and pending the ultimate choice, which will likely be introduced on June 18.
On June eight, Muñoz was discovered responsible of molesting 4 minors and repeatedly raping one in all them between 2009 and 2018, crimes prosecutors are asking for 30 years efficient jail.
In November 2019, Pope Francis expelled Muñoz from the priesthood and imposed “resignation from the clergy” over the identical allegations, inflicting a stir amongst Chilean clergy.
This motion was a part of a papal go to motivated by abuse allegations towards a number of clergymen, which ended with the resignation of seven and later the expulsion of two different former bishops.
Chile is likely one of the Latin American international locations hardest hit by allegations of intercourse abuse inside the Catholic Church and has been including new circumstances for greater than a decade since former priest Fernando Karadima’s first main scandal broke.
The Karadima case, which was reported for repeated sexual abuse of minors, shook the foundations of one of many nation’s strongest establishments and, based on Pope Francis, has been uncovered “a tradition of abuse and cover-ups” inside the church.
In keeping with the most recent figures launched by prosecutors, in 2021 there have been nonetheless 65 pending judicial investigations towards 116 individuals associated to the Catholic Church, involving 220 victims, half of whom have been minors on the time of the occasions.
With data from EFE
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