Chile's President Sebastian Pinera meets Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Pool
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean bishops accused of molesting minors, as he tries to tackle the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals around the world.
The Vatican said on Saturday that Francisco José Cox Huneeus, 84, the former archbishop emeritus of La Serena, and Marco Antonio سrdenes Fernلndez, 53, who was archbishop emeritus of Iquique, were expelled from the priesthood following local and Vatican investigations.
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