BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA)
Buenos Aires Times
January 5, 2019
Officials from the Vatican confirmed yesterday that an Argentine bishop who resigned suddenly in 2017 and then landed a top administrative job at the Holy See, is under preliminary investigation after priests at his former diocese in Salta province accused him of sexual abuse and other misconduct charges, including abuse of power.
The case could become yet another problem for Pope Francis, who is already battling to gain trust from the Catholic flock over his handling of sex abuse and sexual misconduct.
In a statement to The Associated Press news agency yesterday, Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti stressed that the allegations against Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta had only emerged in recent months, nearly a year after Francis created the new position for him as “assessor” of the Holy See’s office of financial administration.
Local outlets this week pointed to a bombshell report by the El Tribuno de Salta newspaper, which raised serious questions about the bishop’s conduct.
At the time of his resignation, Zanchetta had only asked Francis to let him leave the northern Argentine diocese of Orán because he had difficult relations with its priests and was “unable to govern the clergy,” Gisotti said
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