translated from Spanish: They filed new complaint soreness for ecclesiastical abuse

The legal action is against three religious of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts accused of sexual abuse to varying degrees. In addition, the victims added in the lawsuit to two clerics for the Marist case.The priests accused are Gerardo Joannon, for sexual abuse Juan Andrés Peretiatkowicz, pointed out for similar events, in addition to the late priest Jorge Prieto. In addition, the complaint is also against Cristián Precht, who is investigated for sexual abuse in establishments belonging to the Marist Brothers Congregation and Miguel Ortega, now deceased, and faces the same accusations. The whistleblower of the three SSCC priests, Carolina Marín, read a letter after the complaint and noted that “we have awakened aware of a long dream of forgetfulness, sorrow and pain. We were deceived and abused through the word of God to be violated by our bodies and souls.” In this same vein one of Peretiatkowicz’s whistleblowers, Rodrigo Urbano, explained that “We believe that there are hundreds of people within the victims of the people we accuse. At the meeting table of us we had an interval of 10 years only between us, so we can think that there are many more subsequent and former victims.” You couldn’t continue with any cause because the defendants were senile and have disease problems, (then) we were left with a feeling, that’s why we decided to go further,” he added. The complainants carried out the judicial action with the support of the Foundation for Trust in the Eighth Guarantee Court of Santiago.

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