Belgian bishop laicized 14 years after admitting abuse

Bishop Roger Vangheluwe resigned in 2010, after admitting that he had abused a nephew

Pope Francis has laicized Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, almost 14 years after the Belgian prelate resigned after admitting that he had abused a nephew.

Roger Vangheluwe, the Bishop of Bruges, Belgium, from 1985 to 2010. Carolus via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).

The apostolic nunciature to Belgium said in a March 21 statement that “serious new elements” had emerged in…