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Prosecutors in the
Argentinian city of salta on Thursday issued an international
arrest warrant for Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who
resides in the Vatican, on charges of simple and continued
sexual abuse of two adult seminarians, aggravated by the fact
that the alleged crime was committed by a clergyman.
Pope Francis has vowed that a crackdown on predator priests
will be stiffened.
Prosecutor María Soledad Filtrín decided to issue the warrant
for the former bishop of Orán, considered close to Pope Francis,
after he did not respond to repeated phone calls and emails sent
to him in order to communicate legal acts and after his decision
to set up his domicile in the Vatican.
The bishop was recalled to the Vatican by Francis in 2017.
The pope authorised the opening of a canon law procedure
against Zanchetta in may of this year.
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