Argentine judge recognizes gender abuse suffered for years by 20 nuns

FILE - Women in support of the San Bernardo Convent's in support of the nuns who accused church officials of gender-based psychological and physical violence, in Salta, Argentina, May 3, 2022.

An Argentine judge on Friday ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in the country's conservative north, and ordered the accused archbishop and church officials to undergo psychological treatment and training in gender discrimination.