The bishopric of San Rafael (Argentina), offered details about the resignation as bishop of Mons. Carlos María Domínguezaccepted by Pope Francis last Thursday, February 13, and attributed initially to “personal issues.”
The bishopric of San Rafael (Argentina) reported that the resignation of Bishop Carlos María Domínguez, accepted by Pope Francis on February 13, 2025, was due to complaints of “undue actions”, clarifying the initial explanation that had been due to “Personal issues.”
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“Adults have denounced before the competent authorities to Monsignor Carlos María Domínguez for undue actions inflicted against them, causing the effective resignation of the aforementioned bishop,” The Diocese reported in a statement Extended this Thursday.
“Given the seriousness of the declared facts, an investigation has begun to be in order to mediate the corresponding canonical actions in accordance with the protocols in force in the Church,” the statement added, which states that the complaints were filed before the authorities on February 3 .
While the new statement clarifies the causes of the resignation, it does not give details about complaints or canonical investigation. “We assume the commitment to guard the intimacy of the complainants and their families, who will always have the right to go to civil justice,” says the text.
“With the commitment to travel this process with transparency and justice, we regret the wound and pain that this causes in the people of God, we trust that the search for truth helps a path of healing,” he concludes.
On February 13, when the news of his resignation was known, the 59 -year -old prelate and with only three years in the diocese – one as administrator and two as bishop – sent A letter to the faithful adducing personal reasons and asking for forgiveness “for what I did wrong, so I did not do and so I didn’t know how to do.”
That same day, the spokesman of the Diocese declared Aci Prensa that Mons. Domínguez was no longer in San Rafael, and that they would communicate any new information that arose.
Mons. Domínguez had assumed the episcopal headquarters of San Rafael on February 11, 2023 after the resignation of Mons. Eduardo María Taussig in December 2021 due to a long conflict in the diocese derived mainly from the decision to close the Santa María Madre Mother Seminary of God in 2020.
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Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.