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Cox said:『Pido perdón por este lado oscuro que hay en mí y que se opone al Evangelio.』(I apologize for the dark side of me that opposes the Gospel.)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://lanacion.cl/el-ostracismo-de-monsenor-cox/noticias/2010-05-08/174454.html |title= El ostracismo de monseñor Cox |work= [[La Nación (Chile)|La Nación]] |date=9 May 2010 | accessdate=29 May 2011 | language = es}}</ref> |
Cox said:『Pido perdón por este lado oscuro que hay en mí y que se opone al Evangelio.』(I apologize for the dark side of me that opposes the Gospel.)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://lanacion.cl/el-ostracismo-de-monsenor-cox/noticias/2010-05-08/174454.html |title= El ostracismo de monseñor Cox |work= [[La Nación (Chile)|La Nación]] |date=9 May 2010 | accessdate=29 May 2011 | language = es}}</ref> |
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In August, following the Vatican review of the Chilean Church's sexual abuse record, Abel Soto alleged he had suffered abuse from Cox, both as a child in Chillán and as a university student in La Serena. He implicated as well Cox's predecessor in La Serena, Archbishop [[Bernardino Piñera Carvallo]] for tolerating Cox's behavior.<ref>{{cite news | work = Crux | accessdate = 17 October 2018 | url = https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2018/10/08/archbishop-becomes-latest-chilean-cleric-to-face-abuse-charges/ | title = Archbishop becomes latest Chilean cleric to face abuse charges | first = Inés | last = San Martín }}</ref> |
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On 11 October 2018 Pope Francis [[Loss of Clerical State (Catholic Church)|laicized]] Cox. He is no longer a priest and cannot appeal that decision.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/10/13/181013d.html | accessdate = 16 October 2018 | date = 13 October 2018 | title = Holy See Press Office Communiqué, 13.10.2018| publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> He remains a member of the Schönstatt community, whose leaders announced they were ordering a medical evaluation to determine if Cox is fit to return to Chile for legal proceedings.<ref>{{cite press release | accessdate = 16 October 2018 |language=es |date=13 October 2018 |url = http://www.iglesia.cl/documentos_sac/13102018_1038am_5bc1f56764ee5.pdf | title = Declaración de los Padres de Schoenstatt | website = Conferencia Episcopal de Chile}}</ref> He is reported to be suffering from senile dementia and require nursing care.<ref name=sch20181005/> |
On 11 October 2018 Pope Francis [[Loss of Clerical State (Catholic Church)|laicized]] Cox. He is no longer a priest and cannot appeal that decision.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/10/13/181013d.html | accessdate = 16 October 2018 | date = 13 October 2018 | title = Holy See Press Office Communiqué, 13.10.2018| publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> He remains a member of the Schönstatt community, whose leaders announced they were ordering a medical evaluation to determine if Cox is fit to return to Chile for legal proceedings.<ref>{{cite press release | accessdate = 16 October 2018 |language=es |date=13 October 2018 |url = http://www.iglesia.cl/documentos_sac/13102018_1038am_5bc1f56764ee5.pdf | title = Declaración de los Padres de Schoenstatt | website = Conferencia Episcopal de Chile}}</ref> He is reported to be suffering from senile dementia and require nursing care.<ref name=sch20181005/> |
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Francisco José Cox Huneeus (born 18 December 1933) is a native of Chile and a former archbishop of the Catholic Church. He is a member of Schoenstatt Movement. He was Bishop of Chillán from 1975 to 1981 and Archbishop of La Serena from 1990 to 1997, when he resigned following accusations that he had sexual abused young boys. He was laïcized in 2018.
Cox Huneeus, also known as padre Papán, was ordained a priest on 16 July 1961. On 14 December 1974 he was named Bishop of Chillán, and he received his episcopal consecration on 2 March 1975.
He was appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the FamilyinRome on 4 August 1981 and left his position in Chillán on 9 November. On 22 January 1985 Pope John Paul II named him Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena, and on 29 September 1990 he became archbishop.
In 1992, Manuel Hervia, a priest of that diocese, reported to Bishops Alejandro Goic Karmelic and Carlos González Cruchaga, president of the Chilean Episcopal Conference, that Cox had abused boys in La Serena. When three years passed without an investigation being launched, Hervia informed Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada of Santiago that the Apostolic Nuncio should be informed.[1] Cox's effusive preferences for young men has been attested by witnesses.[1]
Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation as Archbishop of La Serena on 16 April 1997. From 1997 to 2002 he performed administrative assignments in Rome and in Colombia, and then left Chile permanently to live at the Schönstatt community's central headquarters in Germany at the request of the Congregation for Bishops.[2]
In 2002, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa revealed that Cox had resigned voluntarily because of "improper conduct" related to his "somewhat exuberant affection," especially with children and that Cox was transferred due to "inappropriate behavior".[3]
Errázuriz was asked to protect the Catholic Church and considered the claims against Cox as not proven and as suspicion because of the exuberant amiability of Cox's behaviour.[4]
Cox said:『Pido perdón por este lado oscuro que hay en mí y que se opone al Evangelio.』(I apologize for the dark side of me that opposes the Gospel.)[5]
In August, following the Vatican review of the Chilean Church's sexual abuse record, Abel Soto alleged he had suffered abuse from Cox, both as a child in Chillán and as a university student in La Serena. He implicated as well Cox's predecessor in La Serena, Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo for tolerating Cox's behavior.[6]
On 11 October 2018 Pope Francis laicized Cox. He is no longer a priest and cannot appeal that decision.[7] He remains a member of the Schönstatt community, whose leaders announced they were ordering a medical evaluation to determine if Cox is fit to return to Chile for legal proceedings.[8] He is reported to be suffering from senile dementia and require nursing care.[2]
Cox is the subject of a criminal investigation in Germany with respect to abuse of a minor alleged to have occurred there in 2004,[9] based on a complaint made to the Schönstatt Fathers in late 2017 and referred by them to German authorities and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.[2]
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se refirió a la situación de Cox y pidió proteger la institución de la iglesia Católica. En cuanto a las acusaciones hechas contra el obispo sancionado, dijo que no existe denuncia alguna comprobada y que se trata nada más que de suspicacias surgidas de su afectuoso trato con el prójimo.
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