Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Alexander Salazar over his “misconduct” with a minor, the Vatican said Wednesday. The Vatican said an investigation by the Archbishop of Los Angeles had found suspicions about Salazar’s behavior to be “credible”. A letter from the archbishop, Jose H. Gomez, said that in 2005 he had been “made aware of an allegation against Bishop Salazar of misconduct with a minor” during the 1990s when he was serving as a parish priest. “These decisions have been made out of deep concern for the healing and reconciliation of abuse victims and for the good of the Church’s mission. During a visit to Ireland in August, Pope Francis met eight Irish abuse victims after expressing “pain and shame” over the “failure” of the Catholic Church authorities to deal with the abuses.

Source: Egypt Independent December 19, 2018 14:48 UTC