SANTIAGO: The Jesuit congregation of Chile has acknowledged that its priests sexually abused 64 people, including 34 children which is known as pedophilia, between 2005 and 2020, according to a report from the Catholic order obtained by Agence France-Presse on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

Eleven Jesuit priests were found guilty following an internal investigation of "abusive situations with a sexual connotation" involving underage victims, according to the report by the Society of Jesus, known colloquially as the Jesuits.

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