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Pope Francisco accepted Thursday (28) the resignation of two other Chilean bishops, who already add five, continued sanctions against the hierarchy of the Chilean Church accused of covering or ignoring the abuses badual abuse of minors.
The Holy See announced in a statement the resignation of the bishop of Rancagua, Alejandro Goic Karmelic, 78, and the bishop of Talca, Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca, 64 years old.
"The painful circumstance experienced by the Church gives a flavor"
The entire Chilean episcopate jointly submitted his resignation on May 18 after a series of meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican, an unprecedented act in the recent history of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis recently accepted the resignation of three other Chilean bishops, the controversial Juan Barros, whom he defended during his trip to Chile in January, and two bishops over 75 years old who were already Barros is accused of having concealed the badual abuse of influential priest Fernando Karadima, sentenced in 2011 by the Vatican to a "life of prayer and penance" after the local court declared charges of "murder." prescribed badual abuse.
19659007] Bishop Alejandro Goic resigned three years ago because of his advanced age, but the pope did not accept it.
These priests were accused of alleged badual crimes committed in a network known as "La familia" for at least a decade, resulting in a badual scandal in the diocese of Rancagua after the suspension of 14 priests. was marked by a loyal to a local chain. "With the same feeling that we did yesterday, the cry of the victims of the dictatorship (Pinochet) trampled their dignity, today we must be a Samaritan church with those who have been victims of abuse of the part of "
Valenzuela is named by the victims of Karadima as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is one of the faithful of the priest Fernando Karadima, a priest religious influential. one of the clerics who would have ignored or concealed the abuses committed by Karadima, as well as Juan Barros.
Mgr Fernando Ramos, appointed apostolic administrator in place of Alejandro Goic in Rancagua, said in a statement issued by the Chilean Church that "complicated situation in Rancagua and, therefore, I put myself in the service of continuing to help resolve these situations. "
Bishop Galo Fernandez, n an apostolic administrator to replace Horacio Valenzuela in Talca, also pointed out in a statement issued by the Chilean Church that" we have put our offices at the disposal of the pope to ensure that the Church can regain confidence and return to the service of the Gospel. 19659014]
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