Chilean Police Raid Catholic Church Offices Amid Abuse Probe
Students demonstrate against the sexual abuse scandal within the Church in Chile as Vatican's top abuse investigator Maltese archbishop Charles Scicluna visits Catholic University in Santiago on June 13.
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Santiago, Chile (AP) -- Police and prosecutors raided Roman Catholic Church offices in two Chilean cities Wednesday looking for files, investigative reports and documents related to a sex abuse scandal that has damaged the clergy's reputation in the South American country.
The surprise raids targeted the headquarters of Santiago's Ecclesiastical Court and the bishop's office in Rancagua in the O'Higgins region, where 14 priests are accused of having had sexual relations with minors.