In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded

Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism. “She kept the photos after that,” said Kramer, who was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile. The Karadima case shook the Vatican itself and marred Pope Francis’ trip to Chile in 2018.