[For background, see: “The Zanchetta affair (Part 1): the bishop’s rise“ “The Zanchetta affair (Part 2): resignation, Archbishop Stanovnik, and a Vatican appointment” “The Zanchetta affair (Part 3): allegations and Vatican denials” “The Zanchetta affair (Part 4): a blockbuster article“ “The Zanchetta affair (Part 5): the Pope speaks” “The Zanchetta affair (Part 6): the Sostituto intervenes”]
Warning: This article includes sexually graphic language allegedly used by a bishop.
[For background, see “The Zanchetta affair (Part 1): the bishop’s rise,” and “The Zanchetta affair (Part 2): resignation, Archbishop Stanovnik, and a Vatican appointment.
The canon lawyer who represented Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta—and was then commissioned by the Vatican to investigate the bishop’s accusers has been dismissed from his university post because of falsified academic credentials.