Pope Francis Vangheluwe Belgium
Title: Belgian Church official warns Vangheluwe case could mar papal visit
Author: Luke Coppen
Publisher: The Pillar Catholic
Date: 31JAN2024
A Belgian Church official has told a parliamentary committee that the Vatican’s failure to laicize a bishop who admitted to abuse threatens to overshadow Pope Francis’ scheduled visit to the country.
Speaking at a Jan. 26 hearing of the Flemish Parliament’s committee investigating clerical abuse, Bruno Spriet addressed the case of Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, who resigned as Bishop of Bruges in 2010 after admitting to sexually abusing a nephew.
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