This time it's Bishop Rogelio Livieres Plano of Paraguay. Pope Francis fired him for protecting and promoting a priest described by his former church superiors in the United States as "a serious threat to young people." In 2002 the priest was removed from his position in Pennsylvania triggered by a civil suit over the alleged abuse of boys in his pastoral care. He was sent to Canada for a psychological exam which concluded that the priest was "locked into" a sexual attraction to male minors, that he should be banned from the ministry, and that he should have no contact with young people.
The priest moved to Paraguay in 2004 and became a favorite of Bishop Livieres, who earlier this year appointed him as vicar-general, the number two in the diocese and the official with responsibility for investigating allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by priests.
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