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February 20, 2019

WaPo: Pope Ignored Claims of Sexual Abuse Against Deaf Children
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As Pope Francis convenes a Vatican summit on sexual abuse in the
Catholic Church, explosive new revelations of abuse and cover-up by
members of the clergy continue to emerge. A new Washington Post
investigation reports Pope Francis was personally aware of multiple
sexual abuse allegations at three Catholic schools for deaf children in
Italy and Argentina, yet did not intervene to stop the abuse or punish
those responsible. Survivors wrote letters to Pope Francis and even
visited him at the Vatican in 2015. Ex-students say they were repeatedly
molested, raped, tied up and slapped.


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