Chilean sexual abuse victim testifies before Vatican investigator


  • World
  • Sunday, 18 Feb 2018

Chilean victim of clergy sexual abuse Juan Cruz arrives to a meeting with investigator, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, in New York City, New York, U.S., February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The key witness in the case of a Chilean bishop accused of covering sexual abuse said on Saturday he gave "eye opening" testimony to a papally mandated investigator and hoped it would lead to the truth.

Juan Carlos Cruz met in a church on Manhattan's Upper West Side for about four hours with Archbishop Charles Scicluna, one of the most experienced and respected Vatican investigators of clergy sexual abuse.

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