Lima, Peru, Aug 31, 2022 / 08:00 am
The Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia, has published the list of complaints of sexual abuse by priests it has received in the last 30 years as well as the actions taken by the Church, which include filing 26 cases with the prosecutor’s office and another 23 sent to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
This is the report that the archdiocese sent to journalist Juan Pablo Barrientos in response to the request he made Feb. 19, 2021, and in compliance with the June 2, 2022, Constitutional Court ruling that ordered that the requested information be provided to him.
Barrientos is the author of the books “Let the Children Come to Me” and “Behold the Lamb of God.” Since 2018, he has been asking the Archdiocese of Medellín for information on reports of abuse committed by priests.
In a video posted Aug. 25 on the archdiocese’s social media, Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo of Medellín said that the report would be made public to prevent it from being manipulated or distorted because, as he noted, Barrientos “has been promoting an aggressive campaign to discredit the Catholic Church.”