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Nicaragua

A Nicaraguan priest is accused of abusing a minor. Human rights activists aren't convinced.

News: Nicaragua

Edgar Beltrán
Aug 01, 2022
∙ Paid

When a priest is accused of abusing a minor, public opinion seldom gives him the benefit of the doubt — often for good reason. 

But in Nicaragua, things are different. At least for Monsignor José Leonardo Urbina.

Monsignor Jose Urbina. Courtesy photo.

Urbina is pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish of Boaco, a city 50 miles east of Managua, the count…

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