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SÃO PAULO (OSV News) — More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the Church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him.
Loan’s case is one of many concerns of Church groups in Argentina that combat human traffickingand the exploitation of people for labor and sexual purposes.
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Loan’s case is one of many concerns of Church groups in Argentina that combat human traffickingand the exploitation of people for labor and sexual purposes.
Ongoing campaign for missing child
On Aug. 26, Bishop Adolfo Canecín of Goya, about 45 miles southwest of Nueve de Julio, attended a march and presided at a Mass in honor of the boy, who disappeared June 13 after a visit with his grandmother. Members of Loan’s family, as well as activists of ecclesial movements that work against human trafficking, attended the gathering.Continued below.
A missing boy spurs Church groups to fight trafficking in Argentina
On Aug. 26, Bishop Adolfo Canecín of Goya, about 45 miles southwest of Nueve de Julio, attended a march and presided at a Mass in honor of Loan Peña, who disappeared June 13 after a visit with his grandmother. Members of Loan's family, as well as activists of ecclesial movements that work...
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