Jesuit abuse case widens as victim speaks, order seeks witnesses

FILE PHOTO: Head of the Jesuits Father Arturo Sosa gestures during a presentation of a new book on Pope Francis entitled "In your Eyes is my Word" in Rome, Italy November 10, 2016. REUTERS/ Stefano Rellandini/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - A case of sexual abuse rattling the Jesuits has widened with a former nun describing how her complaints against a prominent priest were ignored and as the religious order urged others to come forward with any new evidence.

The woman, now 58, told the respected Italian investigative newspaper Domani on Sunday of her alleged abuse by Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, a Slovenian priest known in the Church for his artwork.