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For years, Timor-Leste’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has been sexually abusing boys, survivors and others claim. Meanwhile, the Catholic church imposed travel restrictions on Belo. ‘We have to talk about it, and shout it out louder to the world.’
Missionary Richard Daschbach has admitted to sexually abusing countless young girls in an East Timorese orphanage – yet locals still support him.
The long road to justice for Timor-Leste's sex abuse victims The case of Richard Daschbach must make the tiny Catholic-majority nation confront its dark past Richard Daschbach waves from a police van before starting his trial on Feb. 22. (Photo: YouTube) Finally, the wheels of justice for scores of Timorese sex abuse victims of self-confessed pedophile former priest Richard Daschbach have started to move, albeit slowly. A court in Timor-Leste started the trial of Daschbach, 84, on Feb. 22 before it was adjourned the next day until March 22 when both sides will testify before the judges. Das...