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Feminists rally for Argentine nuns who denounced archbishop

Convento de San Bernardo en Salta, Argentina, el lunes 2 de mayo de 2022. Dieciocho monjas de clausura del convento han presentado una denuncia formal contra el arzobispo Mario Cargnello y otros dos miembros de la Iglesia por presunta violencia de género física y psicológica. (AP Foto/Natacha Pisarenko)

A couple leaves the sanctuary of the "Virgen del Cerro" formally called La Inmaculada Madre Del Divino Corazón Eucarístico De Jesús, in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Women protest outside the San Bernardo Convent, in support of the eighteen cloistered nuns from the convent who have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence, in Salta, Argentina, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A street seller shows a stamp of the popular “Madonna del Cerro,” or Immaculate Mother of the Divine Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. The archbishop of Salta province, Mario Antonio Cargnello, has long had a dispute with the nuns over the “Madonna del Cerro,” a popular figure in Salta who a woman in the province said appeared to her in a vision in the 1990s. Cargnello does not recognize the figure, but Carmelite nuns do. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Women protest outside the San Bernardo Convent, in support of the eighteen cloistered nuns from the convent who have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence, in Salta, Argentina, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Women hold banner signs with messages that read in Spanish; "Sister, I do believe you", during a protest outside the San Bernardo Convent, in Salta, Argentina, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Several feminist groups protested in support of the eighteen cloistered nuns from the convent who have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman holds a banner with a message reading in Spanish; "Sister, I do believe you" during a protest outside the San Bernardo Convent, in Salta, Argentina, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Several feminist groups protested in support of the eighteen cloistered nuns from the convent who have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Women protest holding hands as they surround the San Bernardo Convent in Salta, Argentina, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. They women gathered in support of the convent's cloistered nuns who have accused the Archbishop of Salta province Mario Antonio Cargnello and other church officials of gender-based psychological and physical violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman waits her turn for confession outside the Cathedral in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman prays at the Cathedral in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Women wait for the start of Mass at the Cathedral in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A view of the city of Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the convent have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A statue of Pope John Paul II stands in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman prays in the Cathedral in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eighteen cloistered nuns from the San Bernardo Convent in Salta province have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two other members of the church for alleged physical and psychological gender violence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Feminists rally for Argentine nuns who denounced archbishop