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October 25, 2018 at 11:54 am

Chile: abuse victims file complaint against ex-archbishop

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Victims of sexual abuse by Chile's most infamous pedophile priest filed criminal complaint on Thursday against a former bishop who is...

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September 13, 2018 at 9:40 am

Chile authorities raid 4 dioceses in clerical abuse probe

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities raided four dioceses on Thursday as part of an investigation into clerical sex abuse of minors and alleged cover-ups...

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September 12, 2018 at 5:15 pm

Chile’s congress passes ‘historic’ gender identity law

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — After a five-year battle, Chile's congress passed a gender identity law Wednesday that allows transgender people over 14 years of age...

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August 14, 2018 at 7:46 am

Chile authorities raid Episcopal Conference in abuse probe

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities raided the headquarters of the Catholic Church's Episcopal Conference on Tuesday as part of a widespread investigation into sex...

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July 4, 2018 at 8:07 am

Ex-soldiers convicted of killing Chilean singer Victor Jara

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Eight retired soldiers have been sentenced to 18 years in prison for one of the most emblematic murders of Chile's military...

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FILE – In this Oct. 13, 2010 file photo, rescued miner Omar Reygadas waves to the press as he arrives at the hospital in Copiapo, Chile. The miner who spent 69 days trapped underground in Chile in 2010 says the 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded in a cave in Thailand should help each other mentally prepare for rescue. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File) XLAT107 XLAT107

July 3, 2018 at 12:53 pm

Chilean miner offers advice to trapped Thai soccer team

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A rescued Chilean miner has advice for a trapped Thai boys soccer team half a world away: Help each other and...

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June 28, 2018 at 7:57 am

A ‘Me Too’ movement shakes Chilean universities VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — After a long day of work, Sofia Brito fell asleep on a chair in an office at Chile's Constitutional Court. She...

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May 31, 2018 at 5:35 am

Never again: Pope denounces ‘culture of abuse, cover-up’

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis became the first pope to publicly denounce a "culture of abuse and cover-up" in the Catholic Church, saying Thursday...

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May 16, 2018 at 6:56 am

More Chilean sex abuse victims speak up during pope summit

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Another group of Chilean church sex abuse victims is making its voice heard as the country's Catholic leadership meets with Pope...

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In this photo dated Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Pope Francis arrives in St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his weekly general audience. In an extraordinary letter published Wednesday April 11, 2018, Pope Francis has admitted he made “grave errors” in judgment in Chile’s sex abuse scandal and invited the abuse victims he had discredited to Rome to beg their forgiveness.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) LON123 LON123

April 11, 2018 at 8:28 am

Pope admits he made ‘grave errors’ in Chile sex-abuse case VIEW

In an extraordinary public letter, the pope summoned all of Chile's bishops to the Vatican for an emergency meeting to discuss repairing the damage from...

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