Brussels, Belgium, July 3, 2026 (AFP) - Belgian bishop defrocked over child abuse dies aged 89

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2026-07-03

A defrocked Belgian bishop whose admission of child sexual abuse triggered a national reckoning on the scale of paedophile crimes in the Catholic Church, has died, authorities said Friday. The Belgian Bishops' Conference announced Roger Vangheluwe's death at the age of 89, saying it was "aware this news may trigger a new wave of emotion among victims." The former bishop of Bruges resigned in 2010 after acknowledging he had sexually abused two nep......

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