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Pope accepts abuse resignation of Chile cardinal Ezzati: Vatican
VATICAN CITY, March 23, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Chilean Cardinal Riccardo Ezzati, who had agreed to step down along with his country’s bishops over sexual abuse cases and their cover-up, the Vatican said Saturday.
Ezzati, archbishop of Santiago, Ricardo Ezzati, is the seventh senior Chilean church official to resign over a scandal which the pope insists must be remedied at all costs to try to repair the damage caused to the victims and the standing of the church.
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