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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 Francisco 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 in Barros is accused of concealing the badual abuse of influential priest Fernando Karadima, who was sentenced in 2011 by the Vatican for a "life of prayer and penance" after local courts had declared charges against him. Sexual abuse prescribed.
19659002] Bishop Alejandro Goic resigned three years ago because of his advanced age, but the pope did not accept it.
These priests have been accused of alleged badual crimes committed in a network known as "La familia" for at least a decade, resulting in an outbreak of badual violence in the diocese of Rancagua. was marked by a loyal to a local chain. The Public Prosecutor of Rancagua investigates the facts
"With the same meaning as yesterday we made the victims of the dictatorship (Pinochet) cry over their dignity, today we must be a Samaritan church with those who were victims of abuse of
The former bishop of Talca Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca was one of the faithful of the priest Fernando Karadima, an influential religious recognized as a coach of 39; bishop
Bishop Fernando Ramos, appointed apostolic administrator to replace Alejandro Goic in Rancagua, declared that he was one of the religious who had ignored or concealed the abuses committed by Karadima, as well as that Juan Barros
in a statement issued by the Chilean Church, "there is a complicated situation in Rancagua today, and I put myself at the service to continue to help resolve these situations."
Bishop Galo Fernández appointed administrator postolic in place of Horacio Valenzuela in Talca, also stressed in a statement issued by the Chilean Church that "we have placed our offices at the disposal of the pope to ensure that the Church can regain confidence and return to the service of the Gospel. "
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