PARAGUAY
The New York Times
By SAM ROBERTS
AUG. 18, 2015
Rogelio Livieres Plano, a conservative bishop in eastern Paraguay who was deposed by Pope Francis last year, died on Friday in Buenos Aires. He was 69.
His death, from complications of diabetes, was confirmed by Archbishop Edmundo Valenzuela of Asunción, Paraguay, according to The Associated Press.
Bishop Livieres sheltered an Argentine priest, the Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity, who had been accused of molesting seminarians in Pennsylvania and Argentina. He then promoted Father Urrutigoity, making him his vicar general, responsible for handling accusations of sexual abuse by clergymen in the diocese.
Bishop Livieres said Father Urrutigoity had been recommended by cardinals in the Vatican, including Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI.
In 2004, the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., settled a lawsuit against Father Urrutigoity and another diocesan priest for $400,000.
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