Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and the entire leadership team of the Catholic church’s worldwide charity arm Caritas Internationalis were fired from their jobs on Tuesday by Pope Francis following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees.

Tagle, who was nominally president of Caritas, but was not involved in the day-to-day operations, will stand down and be replaced by a temporary commissioner, Italian management consultant Pier Francesco Pinelli from Boston-based firm Bain & Company, while a reorganisation takes place.