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September 26, 2014

Pope Francis Ousts Paraguayan Bishop Who Promoted Priest Accused of Abuse 
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Pope Francis has removed a Paraguayan bishop accused of covering up
sexual abuse. Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, a member of the
right-wing Opus Dei movement, had promoted an Argentine priest who was
accused of sexually abusing students at a boarding school in
Pennsylvania. However, the Vatican's statement on his removal says
nothing about the alleged abuse. The bishop had also alienated
colleagues by forming his own more conservative seminary. His ouster
came two days after the Vatican announced it was placing a former
archbishop under house arrest in a separate case. Josef Wesolowski is
accused of paying for sex with children while serving as Vatican
ambassador in the Dominican Republic. Last month, in another mark of the
Catholic Church's changing approach in Latin America, Pope Francis
reinstated a Nicaraguan priest, Father Miguel d'Escoto, nearly three
decades after he was suspended for his role in the Sandinista
government.

 

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