Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistle-blower for Vatican panel
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Juan Carlos Cruz, an international advocate for abuse victims, was abused as a teenager in his native Chile by a notorious paedophile, Father Fernando Karadima.
Pope Francis has appointed a prominent Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to a Vatican commission that focuses on education to prevent abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. Juan Carlos Cruz, an international advocate for abuse victims, was abused as a teenager in his native Chile by a notorious paedophile, Father Fernando Karadima. “I am very grateful to Pope Francis for trusting me with this appointment. I deeply appreciate it,” Cruz posted on Twitter.
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