While the abuse crisis has led to more stringent scrutiny of priests in the United States and Europe, in less developed parts of the world, media and law enforcement investigations of priests are relatively rare. Advocates for church sex abuse survivors say problem priests are taking advantage of this by transferring to remote locations in the developing world, to secure impunity and ensure they can continue working for the church.

Among the questions raised by our investigation were:

How were those priests able to relocate, despite public allegations against them? And,

To what extent does the Vatican monitor these movements?