Puerto RICO Archbishop "Won't Resign"

The Tablet
May 9, 2013

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/latest-news/5284

The US territory's most senior Catholic has said there is no reason for him to resign, despite his being asked to do so by the Vatican.

The Archbishop of San Juan, Roberto Gonzalez Nieves, denies accusations against him, which include the cover-up of clerical paedophilia.

During a meeting with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops at the Vatican in December, Archbishop Gonzalez was asked to leave his post and move elsewhere within the Church. "Injustice, persecution, defamation, distortion of the facts and an unfair process cannot be reasons to resign," he said in a letter to the cardinal in February.

"Therefore, this servant would like to go on record as saying that he will never give up the seat of the Archdiocese of San Juan while there is no cause."

The archbishop is also accused of meddling in politics, and is known for his full support for Puerto Rico's full independence from the United States.