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All Chile's 34 bishops offer resignation to Pope over sex abuse scandals

Chilean bishops Luis Fernando Ramos Perez (L) and Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Errazuriz hold a news conference ahead of three days of closed-door, crisis meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 14, 2018. PHOTO | REUTERS

By  BBC

All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex scandal and cover-up.

They asked forgiveness from victims and the Church for their "grave errors and omissions".

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