Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignations of Ciro Quispe López , bishop of the Peruvian prelature of Juli, based on Puno . This decision, officially communicated by the Holy See , follow allegations against the prelate for alleged sexual misconduct with several women and diversion of funds from the Church, according to local media.
According to the portal El Tiempo, the Holy See on Wednesday, September 24, the Supreme accepted Pontiff the resignation of the pastoral government of the territorial prelature of Juli. The statement highlights that resignations the occurs when the bishop is 51 years old, a much lower age than the retirement canon, is established at 75 years.
The Apostolic Nunciature in Peru , in its own specified reported, that the Holy See had adep Marco Antonio Cortez Lara as apostolic visitor, with the aim of “exactly verifying the situation of reference.” This measure is part of a previous investigation ordered by the Vatican on the prelature of Juli, which belongs to the archdiocese of Arequipa.
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