(ANSA) - Rome, February 21 - The Vatican's top clerical sex
abuse expert was hospitalised Tuesday night during his mission
to assess evidence against Bishop Juan Barros, accused of
witnessing and ignoring abuse by his spiritual mentor Father
Fernando Karadima, the country's worst priestly predator.
Charles Scicluna was operated on for an inflamed
gall-bladder, hospital sources said.
The Maltese archbishop is set to meet Karadima victims who
the pope admitted he "wounded" by saying there was no evidence
against Barros during his recent Chile trip.
The pope was sent a letter detailing abuse by one of
Karadima's victims.
Scicluna, 58, will soon be on the mend, medical sources said.
Pope Chile abuse envoy hospitalised
Scicluna trip to assess Barros-Karadima case suspended