MENDOZA, Argentina (ChurchMilitant.com) – Two priests and a gardener found guilty of sexually abusing deaf children in Argentina will be sentenced on Monday. Pope Francis has known about this case since he was archbishop of Buenos Aires.
On Monday, Judges Carlos Díaz, Aníbal Crivelli and Mauricio Juan of Criminal Court No. 2 in Mendoza will deliver their verdict for Fr. Nicola Corradi, Fr. Horacio Corbacho and former gardener Armando Gómez.
The two priests and former gardener have been accused of sexual abuse, corruption of children and mistreatment at Mendoza’s Antonio Próvolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children, a Catholic school founded in 1830 by Fr. Antonio Próvolo.
The three face a total of 28 criminal charges that include rape of minors, sexual abuse and assault.
Corbacho faces 16 criminal accusations: seven counts of sexual assault, three of sexual abuse and defilement and one for corruption of minors. Corradi faces six criminal accusations: two counts of grave sexual abuse, two counts for corruption of minors one count of sexual abuse and defilement and one count of rape.
Gomez faces six charges: two for sexual abuse with rape and defilement, two for corruption of minors and one for sexual abuse.