Colombia: Catholic Church releases list of 26 alleged pedophile priests
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Local media in Colombia on Saturday (August 28) said that the Church had released names of 26 priests who were investigated for alleged sexual abuse of minors.
The Archdiocese of Medellin revealed the list of those accused between 1995 and 2019 in response to a court ruling in favour of Juan Pablo Barrientos.
Barrientos is a journalist investigating an alleged network of pedophile clergy.
"Most of these priests ... were suspended for a little while, and went back to being priests again," said Barrientos, who has been investigating sexual assaults by priests for years, in a video released Saturday.
Barrientos managed to get judges to accept his request and force the Archdiocese of Medellin to make the list public.
On Thursday, the prosecution received 14 complaints. The sexual abuses were committed years ago.
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Monsignor Ricardo Tobon, Archbishop of Medellin, said that the institution wants to "show transparency, commitment to the truth and that there is no purpose of cover-up."
In a video posted on the Archdiocese's Twitter account, the religious figure accused Barrientos of "an aggressive smear campaign against the Church."
According to the journalist, the Church divulged the names "because the Constitutional Court has forced it to do so."
In 2019, Barrientos published the book "Let the children come to me," an investigation into pederasty and cover-up within the clergy in the South American country, where most people are Roman Catholic.
(With inputs from agencies)
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