Catalonia to probe claims Bolivia was used by Jesuits as ‘dumping ground for pedophiles’

Catalonia to probe claims Bolivia was used by Jesuits as ‘dumping ground for pedophiles’

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Abuse cases committed by Catalan Jesuits in Bolivia will be investigated by the Catalan ombudsman – an office appointed by the regional parliament – following a request from the South American country’s Survivors’ Community. The group accuses the Catalan province of the Society of Jesus in Spain of turning Bolivia into a kind of “dumping ground for pedophiles” by sending Jesuits there; they were known to have committed sex cr…