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Argentine Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, who is under Vatican investigation for badual abuse of seminarians and other inappropriate badual behaviorAttend the annual spiritual exercises of Pope Francis' Lent with other curia officials.
According to a report by Christopher Altieri of the Catholic Herald, Zanchetta confirmed by phone that he was attending the retreat, which began the afternoon of March 10 in a retirement home outside Rome.
The bishop who is on leave during the investigation, hopes that the current Bishop of Oran will complete the process of collecting testimonies on the charges against him, which will be sent to the Congregation for Bishops and, In the end, they will be judged personally by Pope Francis.
Gustavo Zanchetta will be in charge of the administration of 5,050 Vatican properties.
The annual spiritual exercises of the Lent of the Pope take place March 10 to 15 at the Casa del Divin Maestro in Ariccia, a town located about 30 kilometers from Rome, on Lake Albano. In retirement, they attend traditionally the pope and the main members of the Roman Curia, especially department heads.
This year's retreat is led by Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Francesco Maria Gianni. He will give meditations on the subject of the look and the gestures of Christ in the life of the world.
After his resignation from the bishop of Oran in August 2017, Zanchetta He was appointed by Pope Francis in December 2017 for a position created for him within the Apostolic See's Heritage Administration (APSA), which supervises the real estate and real estate of the Vatican.
Pope and Gustavo Zanchetta at the Vatican.
The Vatican has insisted twice that I did not know anything about reports of attacks in Zanchetta until the fall of 2018, although media investigations suggest that the pope knew the charges of 2015, two years before giving a post to Zanchetta at the Vatican.
Zanchetta was reported to the Vatican in 2015 and 2017 when they discovered badual images on his mobile phone and he was suspected of badually abusing seminarians
Documents published on February 21 by The gallery, newspaper of Salta, claimed to show that the Vatican had received a complaint about Zanchetta in 2015 and that Pope Francis I had spoken to Zanchetta after filing the complaint. The documents also indicate that Zanchetta has not reported the sale of two church properties worth millions of dollars.
Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, former bishop of Oran, Salta.
The documents seem to confirm the previous reports of the Associated press. Zanchetta also faces a recent lawsuit for badual abuse in Argentina.
Juan José Manzano, former vicar general of Zanchetta in the Diocese of Oran, said Associated press that the Vatican has received complaints against Zanchetta in 2015 and 2017, but that the complaint of 2015 against Zanchetta it has not been published as an official canonical complaint.
According to the report of The gallery, one of Zanchetta's secretaries has alerted authorities after accidentally finding badually explicit images sent and received on Zanchetta's mobile phone. The complaint says that some of the images they represent "young people" having bad, in addition to the lascivious images of Zanchetta.
Pope arriving at Ariccia for spiritual exercises (EFE).
The report indicates that three of the vicars general of Zanchetta and two Monseigners filed a formal internal complaint with the Argentinean nunciature in 2016, alleging inappropriate behavior with seminarians, such as Encourage them to drink alcohol and favor the most attractive of them.
Pope Francis summoned Zanchetta to Romefive days in october 2015. The pope seemed to have accepted Zanchetta's excuse that his mobile phone had been hackedand rejected the charges.
The internal charge of 2017, which according to The gallery more explicit abuse alleged by Zanchetta against the seminarians, ended with the departure of Zanchetta from the diocese, although he had I resigned for health reasons. The Vatican did not open an investigation at that time.
The pope gets on the bus that drove the priests to Ariccia. On the back and from left to right, the third priest looks a lot like Zanchetta (ANSA).
Manzano said that part of the reason why the Vatican did not take the charges against Zanchetta seriously was because the close relationship of the bishop with Pope Francisco, who appointed him bishop of Oran in 2013. However, Manzano said that he believed that Francisco and other Vatican officials were also victims of the "manipulation" of the bishop.
Vatican Press Office spokesman Alessandro Gisotti repeated "resolutely" a Vatican statement in January saying that No charges had yet been filed for badual badault against the bishop. at the moment when Pope Francis appointed Zanchetta to his post at APSA. Gisotti said the charges only appeared in the autumn of 2018.
At a press conference held on February 24th in the Zanchetta affair, Gisotti He repeated that there was an ongoing investigation.
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