After declaring for more than two hours before the Minister Juan Manuel Muñoz at the Appeal Court, the catholic priest, Fernando Karadima, denied all the accusations about sexual assaults of which he has been blamed.

The declarations occured in the frame of the civil sue submitted against the Archbishopric of Santiago because of the presumed concealment of Karadima’s crimes.

On his declaration, Karadima talked about his relation with the current catholic bishop of Osorno, Juan Barros, and assured that it has been just of a sincere friendship.

On the other hand and Consulted about the sexual assaults, the priest denied the crimes and stated that he doesn´t recognize abuses against children and in addition he assured that the Church has never punished him because of the accusations.