Graduates John XXIII School On Tuesday they condemned the superior of the Jesuits in Bolivia, Bernardo MercadoFor cases of pedophilia involving several priests, some deceased, and in which they indicate that the religious order had “institutional” responsibilities.

The complaint is addressed to the authorities Company of Jesus, Bernardo Mercado, but this also applies to “accomplices and accessories”said EFE graduate-lawyer, Jose Luis Gareca.

The lawyer for former students of the Juan XXIII school, José Luis Gareca, presented a pattern of priests who abused young people from 1976 to 2000. In addition, he indicated that new evidence had been received, including a videotape with testimony from 1995 pic.twitter.com/2P29rGEFHJ

— Opinion Bolivia (@Opinion_Bolivia) July 19, 2023

Gareka it is stated that this process includes to eight former provincials of the religious community that “they’re going to come in like accomplices and accessories”but that the accusation was initially directed against the current highest body of the institution.

🇧🇴 Six months after the publication of the diary of the late Spanish Jesuit Alfonso Pedrajas, in which he admitted to abusing dozens of Bolivian children, twenty victims have accused the Society of Jesus of a cover-up

🖋 @jnunez_mohttps://t.co/F7cDN1tSZl

— EL PAIS America (@elpais_america) October 3, 2023

Cases of pedophilia in the Society of Jesus came to light last May when Spanish media A country published in the investigation the contents of the diary of a Spanish Jesuit Alfonso Pedrajasin which he talks about alleged abuses committed against minors in Bolivia.

How was the investigation into the Spanish Jesuit Alfonso Pedrajas organized? How did you get his secret diary in which he admitted to abusing dozens of children? EL PAÍS journalists talk about this in this video. @jnunez_mo And @brbrebren https://t.co/cHW8qTn4Ro pic.twitter.com/793IczIz6n

— EL PAIS (@el_pais) May 9, 2023

In this text believer who died in 2009refers to the fact thatthe alleged abuses he committed against dozens of children when he was in charge John XXIII School in the city Cochabambasince 1971.

Alfonso Pedrajas, a Spanish Jesuit, abused dozens of children in Bolivia. He wrote a 383-page memoir recounting his abuses and how his orders covered them up. El Pais reconstructs history with the help of victims and relatives https://t.co/CcrxZf37SF

— EL PAIS (@el_pais) May 2, 2023

Advocate Gareka indicated that Pedrajas’s Diary “this is proof” that vAryans from the ex-provincials knew about their abusesSo the case “becomes an institutional crime.”

The Juan XXIII Cochabamba School alumni association said students who were victims of sexual abuse by the late Jesuit priest Alfonso Pedrajas between 1972 and 1987 were expelled from the school specifically for reporting the events. pic.twitter.com/nLXJRVxBEN

— Carlos Telleria (@CarlosTelleriaP) May 2, 2023

In 2019 EFE announced the priest’s case Luis Maria Romenow deceased, according to complaint former member of the Society of Jesus, who requested anonymity and who based the accusations on thirty candid photos in which he said that he found out aggressor against several minors aged 6 to 12 years.

This is Luis Maria Roma Padrosa, a Jesuit priest who lived in Bolivia for decades. In 2019, he was accused of abusing several children in eastern Bolivia. The complaint was based on thirty photographs. He died that same year, a few months after the accusation. 1/4 pic.twitter.com/oxsauxf5eb

— Muy Waso (@MuyWaso) May 7, 2023

Gareka clarified that complaint against a Jesuit superior in Bolivia based on “constitutional bloc” because he believes that members of a religious organization have committed “systematic violations” relation to a specific population group and are considered “It harms humanity” Well, they don’t prescribe.