MEXICO: Church Lashes Out at Sex Abuse Victim

“Catholic Church leaders in Mexico accused a victim of sexual abuse, who brought charges in a U.S. court against Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera for protecting an alleged pedophile priest, of seeking economic gain.

An article published in the Mexico City Archdiocese’s weekly publication Desde La Fe on Tuesday says that “a majority of the civil lawsuits brought in the United States are aimed at obtaining large sums of money, and 95 percent of these suits are won by the plaintiffs. It’s a sure thing.”

The article, which at no point laments the victim’s suffering or offers solidarity, states that “the real reason that Joaquí­n Aguilar filed the lawsuit was because of the juicy opportunity represented by bringing a civil suit in the United States.” “

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