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Bishop Zanchetta
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Zanchetta lawyer turned Vatican investigator was fired for resumé fraud

News: Bishop Zanchetta

The Pillar
Aug 11, 2022
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The priest who served as advocate for convicted sex offender Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, and who is now leading a Vatican investigation into the bishop’s accusers, was sacked last year from his position at a Spanish university for reportedly falsifying his resumé.

Fr. Javier Belda Iniesta was dismissed as Dean of the Faculty of Human, Canonical and R…

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