Abusos IVE y SSVM

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  • Anthony del Castillo case: finally an official declaration from the diocese of La Rochelle!

    Anthony del Castillo case: finally an official declaration from the diocese of La Rochelle!

    The diocese of La Rochelle (in the department of Charente-Maritime, France) gave in to media pressure and finally issued an official statement about Father Anthony del Castillo, more than a month after our publication!

    On the other hand, to have an official publication of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, we will have to wait, and wait, and wait…

    The text of the press release below:

    Today, August 20, 2025, the website “Catholic Response” published a statement implicating a priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, Father Anthony Del Castillo, for suspicion of abuse of power that led to sexual relations with a potentially vulnerable 18-year-old girl.

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  • Domínguez case: hiding the truth is an act of manipulation; The end does not justify the means

    Domínguez case: hiding the truth is an act of manipulation; The end does not justify the means

    Recently, the resignation of Bishop Domínguez in San Rafael, Mendoza, who held the position of bishop in one of the most important places for the Institute of the Incarnate Word and the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, has been announced. In this diocese the founding house and most of the convents are concentrated, in addition to being a close friend of the members of the Word. His sudden resignation, without farewells or notification to his clergy, has generated a stir in the diocese.

    According to direct sources, days before his departure, he was formally denounced in the diocese for improper touching of young people, invitations to nudist beaches and other inappropriate behavior.

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  • Chain of cover-ups

    Chain of cover-ups

    I am Luis María de la Calle; I suffered sexual abuse in the minor seminary of the IVE when I was 12 years old. I denounced everything that happened to the former bishop of San Rafael, Msgr. Taussig, who did the right thing. But I had to present the complaint on my own, I directly to the diocesan bishop, since this duty of the superiors of the IVE in the person of the late Buela and the unpresentable current rector of the same minor seminary in which I suffered the abuse, Fr. Gabriel Zapata, was not done at the time.

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  • Is the bishop of San Rafael resigning?

    Is the bishop of San Rafael resigning?

    After receiving a complaint of sexual harassment of several young people with indecent touching and obscene invitations, Monsignor Carlos María Domínguez, bishop of San Rafael, is about to resign from his position.

    Let us remind our readers in remote areas that San Rafael is the episcopal see where the IVE was founded in 1984 and the SSVM in 1988.

    Now you can understand why he was so wide with the IVE in recent times… and he took the opportunity to spend time in the seminaries of the IVE with the joyful young vocations.

    Moral:

    We advise parents to open the eyes of their children before entering these religious congregations, since the minimum protections that exist in other institutions do not exist here.