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UN, Abuse Survivor Groups Seek Vatican Investigation of Belo

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Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo has been accused of sexually abusing boys in East Timor in the 1990s. Belo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 with fellow East Timorese independence icon Jose Ramos-Horta for campaigning for a fair and peaceful solution to conflict in their home country. In 2002, Belo suddenly retired as the head of the church in EastTimor, a former Portuguese colony.

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UN, Abuse Survivor Groups Seek Vatican Investigation of Belo

The UN and advocacy groups for survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging Pope Francis to authorize a full investigation of Catholic Church archives on three continents to ascertain who knew what and when about sexual abuse by Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo.

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