translated from Spanish: Priest accused of abuse against minors is found dead in Chile Santiago de Chile

-a priest under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of minors was found dead, apparent suicide, at his home in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Mo NTT, police sources reported Saturday. The deceased was identified as José Francisco Núñez Calisto and was one of three religious investigated for abuses in Puerto Montt, 1,000 kilometers from Santiago.segun reported the Commissioner Franco Cardenas, of the investigations police (PDI) of that city, the body was found by a sister-in-law who came to visit him with a group of friends of the priest, worried because they had not seen him for several days and was not answering calls.
Not attributable to third-party evidence and you have sharp injuries in your forearms, made with melee weapon”, police told journalists. The priest left a letter that is in the possession of the police, whose content is kept in reserve as part of the investigation. The Archdiocese of Puerto Montt, which is currently led by the Apostolic Administrator Ricardo Morales, issued Saturday a statement in which “deeply regrets the death of the priest José Francisco Núñez Calisto, and binds to the pain of his family before so” irreparable loss. We pray to the Lord Jesus Christ by father Francisco and ask the good Lord to welcome it into the eternal habitations.” Morales was responsible for investigating complaints against the deceased priest, who had been denounced by the end of July last year, which sent a letter to father Francisco which asked him to leave the priesthood, as well as formulate disclaimers by the proceedings against her. In June 2010, while it officiating a mass in the Parish Office, Nunez Callisto was attacked by an individual who wounded him a stab in the neck while the hosts it distributed to the faithful. Currently, the Prosecutor’s Office investigates in Chile 148 cases of alleged sexual abuse committed by people linked to the Catholic Church, while the number of victims already amounts to 255, according to official data of the Ministry Publico.entre the alleged involved are some bishops accused of covering up of abuses, which has sparked a crisis in the Church Chilean, to the point where seven prelates have had to leave their posts by decision of Pope Francisco, which so far has not filled the vacancies. 

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