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Victims of abuse in Bolivia call for excommunication of two Jesuits

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Victims of abuse in Bolivia are calling on the Church to excommunicate and remove the clerical status of Jesuits Ramón Alaix and Marcos Recolons. The two former provincials were sentenced in 2025 to one year in prison for covering up abuses committed by the late priest Alfonso Pedrajas.

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  1. Oct 28, 10:33 AM Religión Digital Español Víctimas de pederastia en Bolivia urgen a la iglesia la "excomunión" y "dimisión del estado clerical" de los jesuitas Ramón Alaix y Marcos…
  2. Oct 29, 9:55 PM InfoVaticana Español Víctimas de Pedrajas piden a la Iglesia excomulgar a los exprovinciales jesuitas Alaix y Recolons

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