US EditionBolivia Sentences Priests for Concealing Decades of Child Sex Abuse
The priests were convicted for failing to report abuses by Alfonso Pedrajas, who harmed at least 85 Indigenous students over nearly three decades, setting a legal precedent.
- Bolivia sentenced two elderly Spanish Jesuit priests, Marcos Recolons and Ramon Alaix, to one year in prison each for concealing decades of child sex abuse committed by their colleague, Alfonso Pedrajas.
- Prosecutors argued that Recolons and Alaix, who led the Jesuit order in Bolivia, were aware of the abuse allegations against Pedrajas but failed to report them to police, allowing him to continue contact with children.
- Pedrajas' diary, published in 2023, revealed he had abused at least 85 minors between 1972 and 2000, many indigenous boarding school students, sparking outrage and debate over the Catholic Church's accountability in Latin American abuse scandals.
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Bolivian court convicts Jesuit superiors over Pedrajas cover-up
A Bolivian court sentenced two Jesuit priests on Sept. 2 to one year in prison for covering up the abuse of disgraced Fr. Alfonso Pedrajas, SJ. Pedrajas was accused of abusing at least 85 boys during his time in Bolivia and left a diary attesting to his crimes.An undated photo of Fr. Alfonso Pedrajas. Credit: Society of Jesus.The priests convicted of covering up abuse, Fr. Marcos Recolons SJ and Fr. Ramón Alaix SJ, served as provincials of the S…
According to the Bolivian Community of Survivors (CBS), the judgment shows that the former Jesuits “hidden” the complaints.
The criminal lawsuit was filed by 18 survivors, whom the Spanish Alfonso Pedrajas, who died in 2009 of cancer, raped and abused with impunity while he was his teacher. Victims of abuse prepare a millionaire lawsuit against the Episcopal Conference In a historic sentence, Bolivian justice sentenced Spanish Jesuits Ramón Alaix and Marcos Recolons to one year in prison, for covering up for decades the sexual abuse perpetrated against children and a…
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Bolivian court on Tuesday sentenced two elderly Spanish priests to one year in prison for covering up sexual abuse of more than 85 minors committed decades ago by the priest Alfonso Pedrajas…
Bolivia's Justice sentenced Spanish Jesuits Ramón Alaix and Marcos Recolons to one year in prison on Tuesday for covering up cases of paedophilia committed by priest Alfonso Pedrajas, who died in 2019 and was responsible for at least 85 abuses against minors in the 1970s and 1980s.The Fourth Court of Anti-Corruption Judgment handed down the sentence after hearing the final pleadings of the parties and the last word of the victims and defendants.…
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