Tuesday Morning Briefing: Chilean prosecutor forces Church to give up secrets
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July 31, 2018
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Two special envoyssent by Pope Francis to investigate a child sex abuse scandal in Chile were meeting priests in Santiago when aides rushed into the room with an alarming development: police were about to start raiding Church offices. This is how it unfolded.
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