Swiss Church authorities forwarded the allegations to the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome. Bishop Bonnemain previously handled similar investigations in Switzerland for more than 30 years, the conference said. Bishop Bonnemain told kath. The Associated Press, meanwhile, said it spoke to Father Nicolas Betticher, a priest at the parish of Bruder Klaus in Bern, who said he wrote the May letter that ultimately launched the inquiry.
Father Betticher told the AP that he had been motivated by urging from Pope Francis for clergy to proactively report allegations of abuse if they were aware of them. Swiss Catholic authorities in approved an independent study of abuse by Church authorities in the country, with the study reportedly set to be released on Tuesday.
The Swiss bishops forwarded the allegations to the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome, which shortly thereafter opened a canonical investigation into the matter. In a brief statement Monday, the Holy See press office did not elaborate on possible reasons for the resignation, which is not mandatory for bishops until their 75th birthday.
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