Bolivian Bishops’ Conference Criticizes 5-Hour Interrogation of Fellow Bishop in Abuse Case
Father Palomino’s home was raided by the police in search of evidence and the accused is at large, wanted by the police.
Father Palomino’s home was raided by the police in search of evidence and the accused is at large, wanted by the police.
The proceedings were carried out by commissions of prosecutors from the cities of La Paz, Sucre, El Alto, and Santa Cruz, who searched through the offices looking for documentation.
“I can do something different; that’s why today I’m not in crisis, and I am sure of my vocation, because I know that I am in the right place where all the good that I wanted to do I can continue doing.”
Psychological studies and a medical evaluation considered essential for the investigation will be carried out on those involved in the case.
At the same time, the Jesuits denied having obstructed ongoing investigations or having altered Father Pedrajas’ diary.
Having evidence, the nephew first went to the prosecutor’s office in Spain, but it did not accept the case because the statute of limitations had run out.
The letter, released Friday according to The Associated Press but signed on May 31 and addressed to Bolivian President Luis Arce, is a response to another letter sent to the Pontiff on May 22 by the South American president.
However, it hasn’t been determined whether these religious are part of the group of eight former provincial superiors who were suspended by the order at the beginning of May as part of the internal investigations of the order.
At the end of April, an unprecedented sexual abuse scandal rocked the Catholic Church in Bolivia.
The Bolivian bishops described the progress they have made in recent years in the anti-abuse culture with the establishment of protocols, codes of conduct, and training for pastoral workers to deal with complaints.
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