Bolivian bishops offer 'solidarity' after Pedrajas abuse report

Diaries of the late Fr. Alfonso Pedrajas indicate the priest abused as many as 85 boys.

Bolivia’s episcopal conference stressed solidarity with abuse victims, in response to recent revelations that a deceased Jesuit priest committed acts of sexual abuse against dozens of Bolivian boys. 

In response to a May 5 media report about abuse committed by Fr. Alfonso Pedrajas, who died in 2009, the Bolivian bishops’ conference said it was in “solida…