Vatican restricted retired Belgian bishop

The Vatican imposed confidential disciplinary measures on its former bishop in 2021.

A Belgian diocese confirmed this week that the Vatican imposed confidential disciplinary measures on its former bishop in 2021.

St. Aubin’s Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Namur, Belgium. Credit: Joëlle Van Ransbeeck/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Diocese of Namur, in southern Belgium, said April 21 that retired Bishop Rémy Vancottem was informed five …