stonewalling. its early morning in. the church here has always been a powerful institution but in recent months its foundations have been shaken by six scandals loss of timber a nun in catalonia accused an influential bishop of repeated rape when officials failed to act a group of nuns rattled around the victim and held unprecedented public protests. one of those who joined those protests was sister lucy. she cravat from a home here in the district of why not to support the alleged victim the nun is wary about being filmed public she chooses an empty auditorium to speak abuse in the tests my critics to that now it s happening but it s all right this silent a lot of story i ve heard all day. god shared my
like that. sister lucy s hope is that the latest scandal will shine a light on the church feelings and help make some much needed reforms. as the power struggle in venezuela continues and the government cracks down on its critics many venezuelans are fleeing their own country and settling in southern florida but now they re finding the conflict has followed them to miami. life could be so nice in miami beach. new home in exile but when the venezuelan refugee fled to the united states he had to leave behind everyone he left after six months behind bars as a political prisoner he feared for his freedom his safety and his future. and you know i mean he can see i felt persecuted every day the police published
apart from joining protests sister lucy has written articles criticising the church silence on sexual abuse she s received warning letters from her congregation ordering her to stop speaking out she s been accused of causing harm to the church and belittling the catholic leadership says that there should be i said like that last anybody can speak freely frankly openly to the world if i am abused to saw them now with that campaign me to them being a stat that so many are coming to the fact many many are coming openly. to that society today to talk there is not if there is no cult like that we are all of a slave. in this case and. despite the warnings the nun has no plans of backing away what i had to do i must do. nothing to stop me
that a lot of mistakes and said that hurts but they re not. going to do. all this for it. mr duff that there covering up all this the catholic church in india has largely stayed silent on the allegations against the bishop who was arrested last year following the protests and then greeley s on bail even during why not officials were unwilling to see one priest who did agree sort to downplay the issue my position is in my remember. over sixty years. brought mr. morris still remember the. problem the problem is that so the story. about joining protests sister lucy has written articles criticizing the church
silence on sexual abuse she s received warning letters from her congregation ordering her to stop speaking out she s been accused of causing harm to the church and belittling the catholic leadership says it should say i said like that last anybody can speak freely frankly. to the world if i am abused to serve the now leave that can be made to ban been a stat that so many are coming to the fact many many are coming openly. to that society today to talk there is not if there is no cult like that we are all of a slave. in this case also we panned out despite the warnings the nun has no plans of backing away what i had to do i had to do i must. i think i stopped made like that. sister lucy s hope is that the latest