VATICAN CITY
The Province
AFP
VATICAN CITY – A German bishop who resigned after admitting he beat children in a Catholic orphanage has been appointed by the pope to the Pontifical Council for Health Care, the Vatican said Wednesday.
Walter Mixa, 71, tended his resignation as bishop of Augsburg and military chaplain in 2010 as German prosecutors announced they were also launching a probe into paedophilia claims that were later dropped.
The Vatican has a dossier on Mixa which contains allegations of alcoholism, misuse of Vatican money and sexual abuse, according to German media reports.
At the time, Pope Benedict XVI said that the outcry over the Mixa affair was exaggerated, and called on German bishops to “show him their understanding and help him to find the right path.”
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