Chile's court orders Catholic Church to compensate abuse victims

Chile’s court orders Catholic Church to compensate abuse victims

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

A Chilean court has ordered the country’s Catholic Church to pay compensation to victims in a sex abuse case against influential former priest Fernando Karadima.

A unanimous ruling says the Church must pay 100 million pesos ($146,000) for “moral damages” to each of his three victims. Read more

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Tags: Catholic church in Chile, Chile, Sex abuse victims, Victim compensation

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