Peruvian Bishop, 51, Resigns Amid Sex Scandal Allegations

Leo XIV accepted today the resignation of Bishop Ciro Quispe López, 51, from the Territorial Prelature of Juli, Peru.
The official Vatican notice states only that Leo XIV "accepted the resignation" without further elaboration.
Quispe’s departure follows a series of public sexual misconduct allegations.
In July 2024, the Apostolic Nunciature in Peru announced an Apostolic Visitation to the Prelature of Juli to "verify the situation".
A former female cook employed in the prelature had alleged that Bishop Quispe regularly received women in his residence. She was instructed to clean his bedroom, where she encountered evidence suggestive of intimate encounters: women’s clothes, stained bedsheets, and even used condoms.
She stated she discovered used condoms on four occasions.
The woman further claimed that Bishop Quispe had multiple sexual partners and named at least seven women. Some of these accomplices were women in religious life.
The media also circulated purported audio messages and …More