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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Pope sacks Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting abuser priest

Pope Francis waves as he leads the general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has dismissed a conservative Paraguayan bishop who was accused of protecting a priest suspected of sexually abusing young people in the United States, the Vatican said on Thursday. The Argentinian-born pontiff has vowed zero tolerance against Roman Catholic clerics who sexually abuse minors after a series of scandals hit the Church in a number of countries around the world over many years. Last May, Francis called such abuse an "ugly crime" and likened it to "a Satanic mass". ...




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