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Abuse cases exit shadows in Mexico

Some say immunity for church eroding

Father Nicolás Aguilar officiated at the church in San Vicente Ferrer in 1997. He is accused of abusing boys in the village.
By Jo Tuckman
Globe Correspondent / October 22, 2006

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MEXICO CITY -- The last time Joaquín Aguilar Méndez went into a confessional, he said, he told the clergyman how he was depressed by the lack of support given him after he publicly alleged that he was raped by a priest while an altar boy. (Full article: 986 words)

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