(Rome) An AP Exclusive report published Sunday claims the Holy See received evidence of misconduct on the part of an Argentinian bishop with ties to Pope Francis years earlier than the Vatican had previously suggested. The claims tend to contradict the Vatican’s earlier statements regarding what authorities in the Holy See knew about the bishop’s behaviour, and when they knew it.
The bishop in question is Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta, who was executive undersecretary to the Argentinian bishops’ conference during the years then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was conference president. Pope Francis made Zanchetta a bishop in 2013, and appointed him to the Diocese of Orán in the far north of Argentina.
