Abuse Scandal

Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, has expressed his “pain” over the Vatican's investigation into the bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta, Rafael Zornoza, for alleged sexual abuse of a minor in the 1990s. While acknowledging the “plausibility” of the complaint, he upholds the presumption of innocence for the prelate. This is the first time a canonical investigation of a bishop for pedophilia has been publicly known in Spain.