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Prosecutor Calls for Arrest of Vatican Bishop Charged with Abusing Argentine Seminarians

Nov 20, 2019

A criminal prosecutor in Argentina has requested the arrest of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who is accused of sexually abusing two seminarians. Zanchetta is suspended from a position at the Vatican’s central bank, where he was appointed an “assessor” by Pope Francis in 2017.

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