BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A prosecutor said Thursday that she is appealing a temporary travel permit for an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis who has been formally accused of sexually abusing two seminarians. Prosecutor Maria Soledad Filtrin is seeking to overturn a local judge’s decision to lift travel restrictions that had required Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta to surrender his passport. The judge also gave Zanchetta permission to be absent from the city of Oran until Aug. 8 for work-related reasons, without providing details. Zanchetta resigned as bishop of Oran in 2017. The prosecutor said an arrest warrant could be issued if Zanchetta failed to return to Oran, although she said Argentina and the Vatican don’t have an extradition agreement.

Source: thestar June 27, 2019 18:41 UTC