Clerical abuse scandal hits Argentine president`s school
(WorldNews Argentina)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Rufino Varela was a distraught, confused 12-year-old when he went looking for help from the school chaplain to tell him he'd been sexually abused by a mason at his family's home. Instead of aiding, Varela says, the Rev. Finnlugh Mac Conastair took off the boy's pants, flogged him and fondled him in a room below the chapel at one of Argentina's most prestigious schools. Then, the Irish priest known by many as "Father Alfredo," offered him candy and told him that they should keep it as a secret with God. "I had come looking for help, but I felt that it was a punishment from God," Varela said. "I came back to the...