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A Brazilian bishop resigned on Wednesday, less than a week after a video spread on social media that featured someone, purported to be him, masturbating. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva, who oversaw a diocese in Sao Paulo state, Sao Jose do Rio Preto. At age 60, Ferreira is 15 years shy of the normal retirement age for bishops.
The Vatican, the Brazilian bishops conference and Ferreira's home diocese all announced the resignation but provided no details on the cause. The person in the video resembles Ferreira, and local paper Diario da Regiao reported that in a short interview Ferreira confirmed it is his image, without providing further detail.
Local news network Globo reported in 2018 that the Sao Jose do Rio Preto diocese was the target of a Vatican investigation into whether Ferreira ignored reports of abuse, and had exchanged sexual messages with an adolescent.
In 2015, he was reportedly accused of taking a large amount of money from the church and giving it to his driver, with whom he allegedly had a romantic relationship.
The fact that Ferreira had reportedly been previously investigated, and left in his position, matches evidence cited repeatedly by survivors of clergy sexual abuse that the Vatican for decades refused to take action against bishops accused of misconduct.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazilian-bishop-resigns-days-sexual-video-circulates-79520844
Haggard Celine
(16,849 posts)Where's the video? I was hoping to see the video!
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Or any other pathetic male who cant keep it in their pants.
Haggard Celine
(16,849 posts)Most people would have been too ashamed to be on tv anymore after that, but not him. The things that go on in the upper tier of society! They certainly seem to live life on the wild side. More so than the people I know.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)As well as some on CNN. Barf.