Belgium’s Bishop Vangheluwe laicized 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew The decision to laicize Bishop Vangheluwe came after repeated calls by the Belgian bishops for intervention on the abuse case from the Vatican. News Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent • Mar 21, 2024Mar 22, 2024
Admirers mourn death of liberal Belgian cardinal who was a huge Pope Francis supporter Cardinal Godfried Danneels helped get Jorge Bergoglio elected, but he also will be remembered for telling a clerical sex-abuse victim to remain silent. News Dorothy Cummings McLean • Mar 19, 2019Jun 18, 2021