Spain: One Bishop Dismisses a Bishop
Monsignor Roncagliolo is an auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile. He left his country after being falsely accused of "improper behaviour" and came to Spain in May 2022 to "undergo a process of recovery of his physical, psychological and spiritual health".
On the instructions of the Dicastery for Bishops, he first lived in the Catholic residence "Mosén Sol" in Alquerías del Niño Perdido.
The Vatican then asked the Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón to entrust him with the task of "relearning a more joyful (sic) exercise of the ministry".
Roncagliolo began working in the parish of Santo Tomás de Villanueva in Benicasim and, according to the diocese, the results were "very positive".
In the meantime, however, some people in Benicasim had found out about the accusation on social networks and began to complain.
With the argument of promoting "the serenity of all [accusers]", it was decided that Monsignor Roncagliolo should return to Mosén Sol "until the Holy See determines the appropriate place to exercise his ministry".
In vain, many families in Benicasim came out in defence of Roncagliolo.
After the dismissal, the diocese hypocritically insisted that he had not had, and did not have, any complaint or open case for sexual crimes in Chile. The complaint that reached Rome was rejected.
"Cristián, like every citizen, is protected by the presumption of innocence and has the same fundamental right to honour and good reputation as every citizen," the dioceses claimed.
These nice words help Roncagliolo little in a Church where politics rules, not the truth.
Picture: Casimiro López Llorente, Cristián Carlo Roncagliolo Pacheco © wikicommons, CC BY-SA, #newsVwfpkqqzbb
