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Former Argentine Nun Jailed For 20 Years For Sexually Abusing Deaf Children
A court in Mendoza on Thursday sentenced former nun Kumiko Kosaka to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf children at a religious institute in western province. Kosaka, 51, ...
Argentine Court Convicts Sexual Predators Ignored by Pope Francis
An Argentine court on Monday found two priests and a lay worker guilty of the sexual abuse and rape of 10 former students of a Catholic institute for the deaf, ...
Deaf Victims at Trial of ‘Demonic’ Argentine Priests Recount Decades of Sexual Abuse
The trial of two priests and a layman accused of serial sexual abuse of impoverished deaf boys and girls in their care began in a courtroom in Argentina, where dozens ...
New Trial Threatens To Ensnare Pope Francis In Cover-Up Of The Abuse of Deaf Children
Ezequiel Villalonga signs frantically with his hands to express the power he feels after years of suffering now that the priests whom he and other former students at an Argentine ...
The Sex Abuse of Deaf Orphans in Pope Francis’ Backyard
“Giuseppe” was born to impoverished parents outside of Verona in northern Italy with a congenital birth defect that left him deaf and mute. When it became clear that his parents ...
Pope Francis Was Told About Priests Sexually Abusing Deaf Children in His Native Argentina
From December 2, 2106: Advocates for clerical sex abuse victims expressed outrage Thursday that a priest accused of sexually abusing deaf children in Italy wasn’t sanctioned by the Vatican and ...
Argentina: Raid at School for Deaf in Clerical Abuse Probe
Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of vulnerable children that has shocked Pope Francis's homeland ...