“He left yesterday evening,” said the Mother Superior of the Fraternity of Jerusalem, a religious community established in La Ferte Imbault in Loir-et-Cher.
Asked about the destination made by the former bishop after his departure from La Ferte Imbault, the nun said: “I do not know. For more information (in this case), it refers to the nuncio in Belgium,” she said.
The Vatican ordered Roger Vangheluwe to undergo “spiritual and psychological treatment” and to be forgotten. But the former bishop did not follow instructions.
Forced to resign in 2010 after acknowledging that he sexually abused a minor of his nephews for thirteen years, he confessed last Thursday of abusing a second child for almost a year and downplayed his actions, described as “a game” , “a sort of habit.”
The retreat forced by the Vatican sought “is not a punishment but a period of reflection”, he further said, boasting many expressions of support, including religious communities.
His statements, he admitted they were wrong, have plunged the Church of Belgium in turmoil. Its hierarchy is accused of trying to protect him and several bishops asked the Vatican to act quickly and punished under penalty of ruining efforts to regain the trust of the faithful.
The problem is that the crimes of Roger Vangheluwe are prescribed for civil justice, as justice for the Church.
Only the pope can decide because canon law does not provide for the possibility of disqualifying a bishop from the clerical state, say the theologians.
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