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The Bishop of Chillán Carlos Pellegrín, confirmed the presentation in front of the church of two denunciations for badual abuse occurred in the diocese of this city [19659003] The information was released on Thursday morning by the highest ecclesiastical authority in the capital of Ñuble, who reported that on June 16 he had received information about possible abuses committed by priest Héctor Bravo Merino.
The prosecution led to the fact that said priest was informed on June 21 of a previous investigation to determine the plausibility of the complaint.
According to Pellegrín, the investigation will be conducted by a priest from another diocese, to ensure the transparency and impartiality of this process that will last 30 days.
In any event, the defendant himself appeared before the Office of the Prosecutor to make himself available for a possible investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
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On the other hand, the Bishop of Chillán said that this week a second complaint was added for a similar case in the same diocese. However, the authority of the Church was exempted from giving details on this case since for the moment the information is being processed for this accusation.
Faced with these facts, Pellegrín reiterated the call to approach the Church and other bodies to formalize the denunciations for this type of situation.
He also explained that he has joined the lawyer Paula Cornejo to deal with new complaints.
The confirmation of the denunciations is given after the Apostolic Nunciature in Chile announced early Thursday that Pope Francis accepted the resignations presented by the bishops Alejandro Goic and Horacio Valenzuela . In a statement, the church said that its highest authority accepted the withdrawal "to the pastoral government of the diocese of Rancagua, presented by Monsignor Alejandro Goic Karmelic, and the pastoral government of the Diocese of Talca, presented by Monsignor Horacio Valenzuela. Abarca. "
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