Vatican takes action in Paraguay diocese where accused Argentine priest removed
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pope Francis is taking action in a divisive diocese in Paraguay where an Argentine priest, accused by a former superior of being a "serious threat to young people," has been removed as the No. 2.
The Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity is still an active priest in the Ciudad del Est diocese, however, in a sign that he remains in good standing with his bishop.
Urrutigoity's case re-emerged after Francis sent a team of Vatican investigators to the diocese this month to look into criticisms against its bishop by other Paraguayan prelates.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The bishop, Monsignor Rogelio Livieres, allowed Urrutigoity to join his diocese in 2005 after Urrutigoity's then-superior in Scranton, Pennsylvania, warned Livieres and the Vatican that he was a threat and unsuitable for the priesthood.