Two Catholic priests have been jailed for more than 40 years for abusing deaf children at a specialist school in Argentina. Gardener Armando Gomez was also jailed for 18 years at the court in Mendoza on Monday. The judges found the men guilty of 20 counts of abuse, including rape, that occurred between and at the school, which has since shut down.
Nicola Corradi, 83, left from Italy, was jailed for 42 years and Horacio Corbacho, 59, right from Argentina, was jailed for 45 years for abusing children at the Antonio Provolo Institute in Lujan de Cuyo. Ezequiel Villalonga centre , 18, who accused Italian priest Nicola Corradi and two others of sexual abuse while at the Provolo Institute in Mendoza, and other victims, celebrates after learning the veredict, outside the courthouse in Mendoza.
The ten victims were former students and all minors at the time of the abuse. It's expected that Corradi will remain under house arrest because of his age, while Corbacho and Gomez will be held in a prison in the city of Mendoza. The 10 victims were former students and all minors at the time of the abuse.
The verdict can be appealed. Pope Francis has not commented publicly on the case, although in , the Vatican sent two Argentine priests to investigate what happened in Mendoza. After the sentence was delivered, several victims expressed their joy in the courthouse hallway by jumping and raising their arms in the air, as if they were clapping.
They embraced the prosecutors who had investigated their cases. This has changed my life, which is evolving,' said Vanina Garay, 26, speaking with the help of an interpreter. Relatives, friends and support groups reacts after a hearing at the Collegiate Criminal Court No.
