MADRID: The Bishop of Cadiz in southern Spain, under investigation by the Vatican over alleged paedophilia, has resigned, and Pope Leo XIV has appointed his successor, the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) announced.
“Pope Leo XIV appointed Ramon Dario Valdivia Gimenez, the current Auxiliary Bishop of Seville, as the new Bishop of Cadiz and Ceuta at the weekend, accepting the resignation submitted by Bishop Rafael Zornoza,” the CEE.
Zornoza, 76, had been under internal investigation by the Catholic Church for alleged paedophilia, according to a statement, confirming reports in newspaper El Pais that the Vatican had opened an investigation.
According to El Pais, Zornoza is suspected of having repeatedly sexually abused a minor in the 1990s, when he was a priest and head of the seminary in Getafe, near Madrid.…