VATICAN CITY
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AFP
Pope Francis accepted the resignation Wednesday of Italian-Brazilian archbishop Aldo Di Cillo Pagotto following a Vatican investigation into his part in a sex abuse scandal.
Pagotto, 66, archbishop of Paraiba in Brazil, allegedly welcomed into his diocese priests and seminarians accused of paedophilia after they had been expelled by other bishops.
He was also accused of refusing to discuss the thorny issue of sex abuse, which has plagued the Catholic Church for decades.
The Vatican gave no reason for his resignation, but Francis ruled last month that bishops guilty of negligence in child abuse could now be dismissed from office. …
He was also reported for alleged homosexual relations with an 18-year old, they said.
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