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Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew

Mar. 21, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the emeritus bishop of Brugge, long ago became a symbol of the Catholic Church’s...