Pope Francis removes two Chilean bishops involved in sexual abuse crisis

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Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean bishops who have been caught up in the country's sexual abuse crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday.

The Vatican named the two as Francisco José Cox Huneeus, archbishop emeritus of the city of La Serena, and Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández, archbishop emeritus of Iquique.

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