The bishops of Ecuador gathered in Riobamba, 2018. Image credit: Bishops' Conference of Ecuador.

 

Bishop, coadjutor of Ecuadorian see resign amid misconduct allegations, Ecuadorian bishops deny scandal
By Eduardo Campos Lima

The Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference denied that the resignation of the bishop and the coadjutor bishop of Riobamba, accepted by Pope Francis on April 28, had actually been a “destitution”, after a missionary in the diocese made allegations of grave misconduct earlier this year.