Spain finally investigates child sexual abuse at Catholic institutions

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The reckoning over sexual abuse at Catholic institutions has finally come to Spain. Two separate investigations were recently opened, one led by the government, the other called for by Pope Francis within the Church. Alan Ruiz Terol reports from Barcelona on the people who have worked to make this happen, and why it took so long.

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