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Chile announces wide probe into Catholic Church sex abuse; 266 victims reported

(AP Photo/Fernando Lavoz) The Catholic Church officiates a reconciliation Mass that seeks to bring together all sectors of the community that had become divided since the appointment of Juan Barros in 2015, at the San Mateo cathedral of Osorno, Chile, Sunday, June 17, 2018. Pope Francis had accepted the resignations of Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno. Barros has been at the center of Chile's growing scandal ever since Francis appointed him bishop of Osorno over the objections of the local faithful, the pope's own sex abuse prevention advisers and some of Chile's other bishops.