CHILE
The National
June 11, 2018
POPE Francis has accepted the resignation of the bishop at the centre of Chile’s clerical sex abuse scandal.
It comes as he launches the purge of a church that has lost its credibility in the country after accusations of abuse and a subsequent cover-up.
A Vatican statement said Francis had accepted the resignations of Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, as well as Bishop Gonzalo Duarte of Valparaiso and Bishop Cristian Caro of Puerto Montt.
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