VATICAN CITY
BBC News
May 18, 2018
All of Chile’s 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex scandal and cover-up.
They asked forgiveness from victims and the Church for their “grave errors and omissions”.
It was not immediately clear whether the Pope had accepted the resignations.
He had been criticised in Chile for his decision to ordain a bishop who is accused of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest.
He said in January that he felt “pain and shame” over the scandal, which has rocked the Catholic Church in Chile.
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