Argentine bishop resigns amid reported love scandal
By Kevin Gray Staff and agencies LeadingtheCharge.com News that matters Monday, August 22, 2005
Buenos Aires, Argentina - A prominent Argentine Roman Catholic bishop has resigned amid media reports that he was involved loveually with a young man, the latest in a series of such scandals involving church officials.
The Argentine Episcopal Conference, the governing body of the church in this predominantly Catholic country, said Juan Carlos Maccarone, 64, bishop in the northwestern province of Santiago del Estero, had stepped down.
La Nacion and Clarin newspapers said Maccarone had resigned because of a loveual relationship with a 23-year- old man which had been captured on videotape.
Clarin said Maccarone asked his closest collaborators to forgive him "for damage inflicted on the Church."
In 2002, Argentine courts opened an investigation of a leading priest on charges of loveual abuse of minors after a book linked him with several cases. Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni denied the charges, but the investigation continues.
A year later, Father Julio Cesar Grbutti, one of the most popular priests thanks to his television appearances, was also implicated in a loveual misconduct case involving youngsters. That case is also still being investigated.
The Vatican, in a brief statement on Friday, had said it had accepted Maccarone's resignation, but made no mention of the cause.
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