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“In July, a special papal envoy, Spanish Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, paid a rare visit to Paraguay that has been interpreted as a mission to evaluate the situation in the Dioceses of Ciudad de Este, where the Argentine priest accused of sexual abuse had been working for nine years. … One source of tension within the heart of the Paraguayan Church has been the presence of Priest Carlos Urrutigoity who was charged in 2002 of sexual molestation by a student of the Saint Gregory Academy in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.”
By Ignacio de los Reyes
Translated By Halszka Czarnocka
October 1, 2014
BBC Mundo – Original Article (Spanish)
Buenos Aires: After a long dispute involving the papal mission to Paraguay, controversial Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano [photo, left] was deposed on Sept. 22 from his post as head of the Dioceses of Ciudad del Este.
The Holy See announced the deposition in a statement and named as new apostolic administrator Monsignor Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos, the bishop of Villarrica del Espiritu Santo.
“The grave decision taken by the Holy See, under the weight of serious pastoral concerns, is for the greater good and unity of the Church of Ciudad del Este and Episcopal communion in Paraguay,” read the Vatican text.
Bishop Livieres had been accused of embezzling funds and covering up for a priest accused of pedophilia [Reverend Carlos Urrutigoity, who is, like Pope Francis, from Argentina.]
In July, a special papal envoy, Spanish Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, paid a rare visit to Paraguay that has been interpreted as a mission to evaluate the situation in the Dioceses of Ciudad de Este, where the Argentine priest accused of sexual abuse had been working for nine years.
Abril y Castelló is archpriest of the Papal Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore – a post he assumed in 2011, replacing Bernard Francis Law, a cardinal from the United States accused of protecting pedophilic priests while he was archbishop of Boston.
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