Abuse scandals surface in Brazil, Chile

Abuse scandals surface in Brazil, Chile
Child sex scandal revelations have emerged in Brazil after the Vatican said three priests were under investigation following allegations of child abuse.

Brazil’s SBT television last week aired video from a hidden camera showing father Marques Barbosa, 82, having sex with a 19-year-old boy in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Ninemsn reports.

The report on the program “Conexao Reporter” also included charges by three former altar boys that they too had been sexually abused by local priests.

After the show was aired, Alagoas bishop Valerio Breda ordered the removal from church work of priests Luiz Marques Barbosa, Edilson Duarte and Raimundo Gomes.

“One was removed from his parish and faces charges in the civil justice system,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told AFP, adding that the other two had been suspended from their duties pending an investigation.

Graphic video of Marques Barbosa’s abuse last year with a victim identified as Fabiano is being sold on the streets of the town of Arapiraca, website Alagoas 24 horas reported.

Elsewhere in Latin America, a Spanish religious instructor was reported to have been charged in Chile for possession of pornographic images of children.

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Catholic church sex scandal rocks Brazil (Ninemsn)
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