InfoVaticana has had exclusive access to a notarized letter dated March 26, 2026, duly certified and hand-delivered to the Apostolic Nunciature in Lima on the 31st of the same month, which contains a formal complaint against Mons. Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, OSJ, general secretary of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference and bishop of the diocese of Huacho, for alleged systematic sexual abuses and psychological mistreatment of persons under his authority.
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According to the documentation consulted by this medium, the file has been simultaneously forwarded to the apostolic nuncio in Peru, Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, and to Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Part of these same events, always according to the dossier and the testimonies incorporated into it, had already been brought to the attention of Vatican authorities in 2024 and 2025. To date, no public response from Rome or statement from the accused bishop is on record.
The case affects one of the most relevant positions in the Peruvian episcopal structure and raises questions not only about the conduct attributed to the prelate, but also about the reaction—or lack thereof—on the part of the competent ecclesiastical authorities.
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