Hawzah News Agency (Mendoza province, Argentina) - A child sex abuse scandal is unfolding at a school in Argentina where tormentors would allegedly chose their victims knowing the other children wouldn't hear the screams as they were deaf.

Two Roman Catholic priests are accused of repeatedly raping pupils at the Antonio Provolo Institute for hearing impaired children in Mendoza province.

At least 24 students at the school have come forward seeking the justice against Reverend Nicola Corradi, 82, the Reverend Horacio Cobacho, 55 and four other men.

Victims and prosecutors say the rapes by the priests took place in the bathrooms, dorms, garden and a basement at the school.

The five were arrested in late November by police who raided the school and found magazines featuring naked women and about $34,000 in Corradi's room.

All the suspects are being held at a jail in Mendoza and have not spoken publicly since their arrest.

It comes after claims the Vatican knew about Corradi since at least 2009, when pupils at a similar school in Italy went public with tales of shocking abuse against the most vulnerable of children.

In 2014, the Italian victims wrote directly to Pope Francis branding Corradi as a paedophile and flagged that he was living in Francis' native Argentina. Yet apparently, nothing was done.

Prosecutor Fabrizio Sidoti says he is expecting more than 20 other people to provide testimony and more victims to come forward.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis has not spoken publicly about the case and the Vatican declined to comment.

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