Two Catholic priests found guilty of sexually abusing deaf children in Argentina

[Transcript] A court in Argentina have found two Catholic priests guilty of sexually assaulting deaf children at the Provolo Institute in Mendonza, according to a report from The Washington Post.

“The Daily Moth” has done several reports on this story with the information coming from investigations by The Washington Post and other news sources.

Rev. Nicola Corradi (83) was sentenced to 42 years in prison. He was accused of sexually abusing deaf children in Italy but he was already reassigned to Argentina, where he is now convicted of child sexual abuse. Another priest, Horacio Corbacho (59) was sentenced to 45 years. A gardener at the institute was sentenced to 18 years.

The three men were arrested in 2016 after a tip from a female survivor led to a raid of the school. Witnesses said that a number of deaf survivors were language deprived and did not have communication with their parents and were easy prey for those who wanted to rape them. At least 24 Provolo students reported abuse by the two priests, the gardner, and two other men.

In related news, a nun named Kosako Kumiko was arrested and charged in 2017 of bringing children into rooms so priests could sexually abuse them.

There are more reports of sexual abuse at another Provolo institute in La Plata near Buenos Aires, so this case is far from over. There will be more trials that involves 14 other people accused of related crimes.

France 24 reported that outside of the court, there were a group of young people holding banners saying, “Support for the Survivors of Provolo” and that they celebrated and wept when the priests were sentenced.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentine-court-finds-two-priests-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-deaf-children-first-convictions-in-long-alleged-abuse/2019/11/25/460af56a-0f8b-11ea-924c-b34d09bbc948_story.html

https://www.france24.com/en/20191125-priests-who-abused-deaf-children-get-40-year-jail-terms-in-argentina

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