RANCAGUA [CHILE]
Diocese of Rancagua
May 14, 2018
[Google Translation: Information to the community: Live the priestly integrity]
[Note from BishopAccountability.org: This is an announcement from the Rancagua diocese about a public admission of “improper conduct” by Rancagua priest Luis Rubio Contreras. In this notice, the bishop admits that he had been notified previously about this priest but had ‘investigated the facts without results.’ Within a few days, the story had grown, revealing the victim’s very different account of Bishop Goic’s response as well as a reported sex abuse network involving 17 priests in the diocese.]
[Google Translation: The Bishopric of Rancagua informs the community, that we have become aware on Saturday, May 12 through the diocesan priest Luis Rubio Contreras, that he has incurred in improper conduct to his priestly status. We want to point out:
1.- The Bishopric of Rancagua received in reserve antecedents of these improper conducts, investigating the facts without results. Then the presbyter Luis Rubio recognized this Saturday the Vicar General of the diocese his improper behavior, noting that he had been contacted by a media outlet before which he accepted these facts. Faced with this situation, today, Monday, May 14, the measure to temporarily suspend the exercise of his ministry to the presbyter, as a precautionary measure, while inquiring and delivering to the Holy See the background of the case has been adopted.
2.- We have learned that this same means of communication has also interviewed other diocesan priests about these behaviors.]
El Obispado de Rancagua informa a la comunidad, que hemos tomado conocimiento el sábado 12 de mayo a través del presbítero diocesano Luis Rubio Contreras, de que ha incurrido en conductas impropias a su estado sacerdotal. Queremos señalar:
1.- El Obispado de Rancagua recibió en reserva antecedentes de estas conductas impropias, indagándose los hechos sin resultados. Luego el presbítero Luis Rubio reconoció este sábado al Vicario General de la diócesis su comportamiento impropio, señalando que había sido contactado por un medio de comunicación ante el cual aceptó estos hechos. Frente esta situación se ha adoptado hoy lunes 14 de mayo la medida de suspender temporalmente del ejercicio de su ministerio al presbítero, como medida cautelar, mientras se indaguen y entreguen a la Santa Sede los antecedentes de la causa.
2.- Hemos tomado conocimiento de que este mismo medio de comunicación también ha entrevistado a otros sacerdotes diocesanos sobre estas conductas.
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