MENDOZA, Argentina - The Argentine victims of two priests sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf children at a Catholic-run school hope Pope Francis takes note of the historic message delivered in his homeland. Survivors of the abuse at the Antonio Provolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children in Lujan de Cuyo, a municipality in northwestern Argentina, are waiting for Francis’ reaction to this week’s verdict. Francis has not commented publicly on the case, although in 2017 the Vatican sent two Argentine priests to investigate what happened in Mendoza. The Vatican ordered an investigation and sanctioned four accused priests, but Corradi apparently never was punished in Italy. Corradi is also being investigated in the province of Buenos Aires, where alleged abuses occurred in the Provolo Institute of the city of La Plata.

Source: thestar November 27, 2019 01:07 UTC