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Priest's Indictment Reopens Wounds in Chile

Chile's Catholic Church was seen as a light during the dark days of Augusto Pinochet's regime.

That is when the church battled repression. Now, the first indictment of a priest in connection with human rights abuses has reopened old wounds.

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