CHILE
The New Age (South Africa)
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Chilean bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, who is suspected of sexually abusing children, the Vatican said in a statement.
Fernandez is suspected of abusing more than one adolescent when working as a rector in the Tarapaca region in northern Chile, according to the religious information agency I.Media, which said the Vatican was investigating the claims.
On Saturday, the 47-year-old bishop gave an interview with La Tercera daily in which he admitted having had an “imprudent” attitude in his relations with one adolescent, but insisted that he had not been a minor.
Fernandez was ordained by Benedict in 2006.
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