2023-09-29 17:12:10
Under pressure since the broadcast of the last episode of the documentary series “Godvergeten”, the former bishop of Bruges sent a letter to the pope this Friday. Its contents were, at the time of writing, unknown. Article reserved for subscribers By William Bourton, Marine Buisson (with Belga) Published on 09/29/2023 at 7:12 p.m. Reading time: 2 min
Acts of pedophilia dating back to the 1970s. Confessions of guilt broadcast in 2011. And a former bishop who, in 2023, has still not been officially sanctioned by Rome. The broadcast of the last episode of the documentary series Godforsaken caused a tidal wave of indignation and emotion in the north of the country. And put the spotlight back on the actions of the former bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, and on the impunity that still reigns around him. This Friday, the bishop of Antwerp Johan Bonny declared that he had become aware of the sending of a missive signed Vangheluwe to the pope. A letter sent “this week”, according to the Antwerp resident, who declared to Evening this Wednesday having been “shocked, once more” by the testimonies collected as part of the documentary. “Rome can no longer expect us, the bishops of Belgium, to explain to the population why we are not taking away the priesthood and the episcopate,” he confided to us once more.
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