She Exposed Sexual Abuse in a Catholic Kids Camp. Now She’s Facing a Prison Sentence The work of Peruvian journalist Pao Ugaz has made her the target of a string of legal actions.

She Exposed Sexual Abuse in a Catholic Kids Camp. Now She’s Facing a Prison Sentence The work of Peruvian journalist Pao Ugaz has made her the target of a string of legal actions.
LIMA, Peru — When reporters at the Boston Globe exposed child sex abuse within the Catholic Church, their investigative work was so celebrated that Hollywood made a film, Spotlight, about it. Now, after carrying out a similar crusading probe into pedophilia in a Catholic lay organization in South America, Peruvian journalist Pao Ugaz is facing jail time and a hefty damages bill. For years, Ugaz, 45, has been researching Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana, a Catholic boot camp for children from elite families. She began by contributing to the 2015 Spanish-language book Half Monks, Half…Read more …