INDONESIA
Catholic Register
BY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
June 20, 2017
RUTENG, Indonesia – A group of priests in Indonesia’s Ruteng Diocese appealed to the Vatican to intervene and resolve a dispute with their bishop, whom they accuse of misappropriating more than $100,000 in church funds.
Representatives of the priests, accompanied by a bishops’ conference official, met Archbishop Antonio Filipazzi, the outgoing apostolic nuncio in Indonesia June 16 to call on the Vatican to help them achieve their demand that Bishop Hubertus Leteng heed their calls for an overhaul of how the diocese is run.
The move came after dozens of priests in the diocese on Catholic-majority Flores Island quit their posts in protest against their bishop.
Father Alfonsius Segar, one of the priests who met with the nuncio, told ucanews.com that Archbishop Filipazzi has promised to help resolve the dispute.
“He will immediately take this issue up with the Vatican,” Father Segar said.
The priest also said the nuncio will send someone to the diocese to appraise the situation.
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