Catholic order is accused of sex abuse
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May 13, 2010, Thursday
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A SPANISH court is investigating allegations that members of a Catholic religious order sexually abused disabled residents of a facility run by the congregation, a diocese spokesman said yesterday.
Jose Juan Jimenez, spokesman for the diocese of Cordoba in southern Spain, said the diocese has been cooperating fully with the investigation since being informed of it a month ago by court officials.
Jimenez told the AP that the case involved possible sexual abuse and mistreatment of patients at a home for the disabled run by the Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross in Cordoba.
The newspaper El Pais said two members of the order were brought before a Cordoba court yesterday and named as suspects. The paper said they were ordered to stay away from the center.
Jimenez said he had no details as to what had happened at the court. Calls to the court went unanswered.
The Cordoba Diocese issued a statement saying that it has acted "with the welfare of the victims always in mind and taking the necessary measures to clarify responsibility, should there be any."
Jose Juan Jimenez, spokesman for the diocese of Cordoba in southern Spain, said the diocese has been cooperating fully with the investigation since being informed of it a month ago by court officials.
Jimenez told the AP that the case involved possible sexual abuse and mistreatment of patients at a home for the disabled run by the Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross in Cordoba.
The newspaper El Pais said two members of the order were brought before a Cordoba court yesterday and named as suspects. The paper said they were ordered to stay away from the center.
Jimenez said he had no details as to what had happened at the court. Calls to the court went unanswered.
The Cordoba Diocese issued a statement saying that it has acted "with the welfare of the victims always in mind and taking the necessary measures to clarify responsibility, should there be any."
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