Dutch bishop removed from ministry on sex-abuse charges
March 01, 2011
A Dutch bishop who had served in Kenya was removed from ministry in 2009 after a Vatican investigation confirmed charges of sexual abuse, Radio Netherlands reports.
Bishop Cornelius Schilder, a Mill Hill missionary, was appointed Bishop of Ngong in Kenya. He stepped down in August 2009 at the age of 67, giving health concerns as the reason for his resignation.
The Dutch bishop had been charged with molesting a teenage boy earlier in his stay in Africa. A Mill Hill superior has now confirmed that the retired bishop has been barred from ministry: an indication that the Vatican found evidence to support the charges against him.
Bishop Schilder was reportedly removed from ministry by the Vatican’s Congregation for Evangelization in August 2009, the time of his retirement.
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