CHILE
Santiago Times
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
Written by Mischa Wilmers
Sources close to the Church say the Vatican has been investigating sex abuse claims for months.
The Vatican is launching a historic investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of a minor perpetrated a Chilean bishop, according to sources close to the Church. It is the first time a Chilean bishop has been investigated by the Vatican.
Fourty-seven-year-old Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández, bishop of the northern city of Iquique, is being investigated by Ivo Scapolo, the Vatican’s Chilean representative who began looking into the case four months ago.
Scapolo has been assigned the task of determining if the allegations are true and whether any other complaints have been made against the bishop.
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