Chilean Bishops Beg Forgiveness over Sex Abuse Scandal

By Melinee Le Priol
La Croix
August 6, 2018

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Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago at the meeting of the Chilean Bishops Conference on Aug. 3. (Photo by Martin Bernetti/AFP)Concluding their five day extraordinary assembly, Chile’s 32 Catholic bishops apologized for “failing in their duties” in managing sex abuse cases.“We have failed in our duties as pastors,” Chile’s 32 bishops admitted in a statement issued on Friday following their five day extraordinary plenary assembly at Punta de Tralca in central Chile....