Bolivian protesters vandalize churches, burn priest effigy amid anger over sex abuse allegations

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of La Paz, Bolivia on Thursday to demand justice over sexual abuse allegations within the country's Catholic Church institution.

Burning an effigy of a priest, angry protesters gathered outside two churches to demand action. Placards read things like "jail for pedos," and "A church that covers up (for rapist priests) is just as much a rapist."

Outrage against abuse allegations was sparked by the reported publication of a late Jesuit priest's diary in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, which contained multiple confessions of the sexual abuse of children in the schools he ran in Bolivia. It alleged Church officials knew about the abuse but did nothing.

Since April, some 200 people have come forward to say they suffered abuse in religious-run schools in the country.

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