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Spanish bishop under Vatican investigation retires

November 26, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain.

The 76-year-old prelate, accused of abusing a seminarian over a period of several years in the 1990s, is under Vatican investigation. Bishop Zornoza denies the allegation.

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