Sexual abuse of children by priests is being investigated in the Roman Catholic church in Brazil.
The Vatican has confirmed that three priests are under investigation. The three have been suspended and one has already been charged by police.
The scandal emerged when television station SBT broadcast hidden-camera video footage. The footage showed an 82-year-old priest having sex with a 19-year-old man. In the same programme, three former altar boys gave accounts of sexual abuse by priests.
In Chile, a Spanish priest faces trial later this month for possession of child pornography.
Recently child sex abuse scandals involving the Roman Catholic church have emerged in the United States, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands.
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