Chilean Bishop Being Probed for Sexual Abuse Resigns

Prensa Latina
October 8, 2012

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Santiago de Chile, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The Bishop of Iquique, Marco Antonio Ordenes, the youngest of Chile, resigned after being investigated by the Vatican for sexual abuse of a minor.

Ordenes announced his decision in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI, through the apostolic nuncio Ivo Scapolo, representative of the Holy See in the southern country, reported the newspaper La Tercera.

Sources from the clergy confirmed that Scapolo advised the bishop to submit his resignation at a meeting they held in early October.

After the Vatican accepts the request, one of the bishops of the Great North could assume his duties temporarily, as apostolic administrator.