Vatican again denies knowing Argentine bishop had taken naked selfies

The Vatican has again denied having prior knowledge of allegations against Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, including claims that he had abused adult seminarians and taken naked photographs of himself, before Pope Francis appointed him to a senior Vatican office in December 2017.

Spokesman Alessandro Gisotti “resolutely” repeated a previous Vatican statement saying it had seen no sexual abuse claims at the time Pope Francis appointed the bishop to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA). Gisotti said the claims only emerged at the end of 2018.