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Reuters
Reuters
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By Philip Pullella

Jesuit abuse case widens as victim speaks, order seeks witnesses

FILE PHOTO: Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the new leader of the Roman Catholic religious order of the Jesuits, looks on as he leads a news conference in Rome, Italy October 18, 2016. REUTERS/Max Rossi

A case of sexual abuse rattling the Jesuits has widened with a former nun describing how her complaints against a prominent priest were ignored and as the religious order urged others to come forward with any new evidence.

The woman, now 58, told the respected Italian investigative newspaper Domani on Sunday of her alleged abuse by Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, a Slovenian priest known in the Church for his artwork.

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