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Bolivian Jesuits apologise for alleged abuse by late priest

A woman, framed by a doorway of the Merced Catholic Church, walks past in La Paz, Bolivia, on Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023.

La Paz, Bolivia AP Bolivia’s Jesuit congregation apologised Tuesday and announced an investigation into a late Spanish priest who allegedly abused several minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1980s. “We apologise for the pain this has caused,” said Rev Bernardo Mercado, head of the Catholic religious order known as La Compañía de Jesús. He […]