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The disgraced former Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe has dismissed the further allegations of sexual abuse that emerged earlier this week.
The disgraced former Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe has dismissed the further allegations of sexual abuse that emerged earlier this week. Bishop Vangheluwe’s solicitor Joris Van Cauter writes in an open letter published in Thursday’s editions of the dailies ‘De Standaard’ and ‘Het Nieuwsblad’ that “my client is being put down in the media without any investigation having been carried out.”
“It won’t make me more popular by publicising the fact that I’m Vangheluwe’s brief. I’m not happy having to react, but it was all becoming too much.”
Mr Van Cauter added that the discussion surrounding the fresh allegations made against Bishop Vangheluwe has centred solely on whether he can still be tried (as the alleged crime may have happened too long ago to bring a prosecution) and, if tried, what sentence the disgraced clergyman should receive.
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