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Archbishop Charles Scicluna has thanked well-wishers as he recovers from a gallbladder intervention, held yesterday in a Chile hospital. The Curia said Mgr Scicluna is recovering well after he had his gallbladder removed at a hospital in Santiago. It iArchbishop Scicluna thanks well-wishers as he recovers from operation
Archbishop Charles Scicluna has thanked well-wishers as he recovers from a gallbladder intervention, held yesterday in a Chile hospital. The Curia said Mgr Scicluna is recovering well after he had his gallbladder removed at a hospital in Santiago. It is expected that the recovery time at the hospital will take between 48 and 72 hours. Mgr Scicluna is in Chile looking into accusations that a bishop covered up crimes against minors. He arrived on Monday and started hearing victims' testimony on Tuesday. Before his trip to Chile, Mgr Scicluna heard testimony in New York from a witness in the case against Bishop Juan Barros, who is accused by several men of covering up sexual abuse of minors by his mentor, Father Fernando Karadima. The Karadima case has gripped Chile, and several groups in the country protested Pope Francis' decision to appoint Barros bishop of Osorno in 2015. Mgr Scicluna had been due to hear testimony from victims until his scheduled departure from Chile on Friday. A spokesman for the Episcopal Conference, Jaime Coiro, said Mgr Scicluna would be replaced for the rest of the interviews by Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, a Spanish priest, at the request of Pope... Read more