Pope’s Buddy, Bishop Zanchetta (Convicted of Sexual Abuse) Released from House Arrest to Travel to Rome

The permission would have been granted two weeks ago but it was known yesterday. It transpired that it was granted to him by the Court of Appeals so that he could receive treatment for health ailments, but there is still no official information.

Bishop Emeritus Gustavo Zanchetta, convicted of sexual abuse of two former seminarians from Orán, interrupted his house arrest to travel to Rome. The permission was granted to him by the Court of Appeals, according to reports, so that he could undergo medical treatment.

The news was revealed by journalist José Corbacho. There was no official communication of this decision by the Judiciary. Salta/12 requested more information on the matter but has not yet had access.

Zanchetta was sentenced on March 4, 2022 by Chamber II of the Orán Trial Court, composed of Judge María Laura Toledo Zamora and Judges Raúl Fernando López and Héctor Fabián Fayos, to four years and six months of effective imprisonment for the crime of continued simple sexual abuse aggravated by being committed by a minister of religious worship, to the detriment of two former seminarians.

However, four months later, the prelate obtained the benefit of house arrest, which was granted to him by the same court that sentenced him. Zanchetta’s lawyer, Darío Palmier, had pointed out that his client was in a “delicate state of health.” The religious man was hospitalized for more than a month in a private clinic where he was admitted due to a spike in hypertension. He was then transferred to the Nuestra Señora del Valle Monastery to continue with house arrest.me privileges that Zanchetta has today in a few months,” he said.

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