VATICAN CITY
Reuters via The Guardian
June 11, 2018
Pontiff vows that victims of Father Fernando Karadimo would ‘never again’ be ignored
In an unprecedented move, all Chile’s 34 bishops offered to resign last month after attending a crisis meeting with Francis over allegations that sexual abuse in the country’s Catholic church had been covered up.
It was not immediately clear if Monday’s development meant the pope would reject the resignations of the other 31 bishops.
Besides Barros, the pope also agreed to the departures of Cristián Caro Cordero, bishop of Puerto Montt, and Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, bishop of Valparaiso.
Church administrators were appointed to run all three diocese.
Francis has promised Chilean Catholics affected by sexual abuse that “never again” would the church ignore them or the cover-up of abuse in their country.
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