An Argentine judge recognises gender abuse suffered for years by 20 nuns in a breakthrough ruling
Buenos Aires, Argentina AP An Argentine judge on Friday ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in the country’s conservative north, and ordered the accused archbishop and church officials to undergo psychological treatment and training in gender discrimination. The ruling in the homeland of Pope Francis cast […]
Dengue outbreak in Argentina on track to break records
Buenos Aires/Salta, Argentina Reuters A major outbreak in Argentina of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that can be fatal, is on track to smash previous records, reflecting wider worry around South America where warmer and wetter weather has led to a surge in cases. Over 120,000 cases have been recorded so far in Argentina in the […]
Feminists rally for Argentine nuns who denounced archbishop
Salta, Argentina AP Feminist groups have rallied to the support of 18 cloistered Carmelite nuns who have filed an unusual complaint of gender violence against the local Catholic archbishop. Dozens of activists gathered Tuesday in the esplanade of the Convent of St Bernard in Salta, some 1,400 kilometres north-west of Buenos Aires. Women protest holding […]
Argentine nuns accuse archbishop, others of gender violence
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAP Several feminist groups are calling for protests Tuesday in support of a community of cloistered nuns who have caused shockwaves by accusing the archbishop of a northern Argentine province and other church officials of gender-based psychological and physical violence. The pairing of feminists and Carmelite nuns is unusual in a country at […]
SNAPSHOT: SALTA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
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