In Bruges
Roger Vangheluwe, the bishop of Bruges since 1984, resigned on April 23, 2010, after admitting to sexually abusing a young man years ago.[...]
Bishop Vangheluwe was the first Belgian bishop to step down in the wave of allegations, but he was not the first bishop to resign in the scandal. His resignation came just one day after church authorities in Germany said that Bishop Walter Mixa had tendered his resignation after being accused of beating children decades ago.
The scandal over sexual abuse of children by priests continued to reverberate across Europe on Thursday when authorities raided the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium and the home of the country’s former archbishop, according to the prosecutors’ office and local media reports. Officials searched the palace of the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels Thursday.[...]
As part of the operation, the home of Godfried Danneels, Belgium’s recently retired archbishop, was also raided.
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In addition to the raid in Mechelen, the Belgian authorities also searched the offices in Leuven of the independent commission.
'Bout time someone outside the church should be investigating the church.
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