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In this handout photo provided by Salta's government Judicial Branch Press Office, Argentine bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, second from left, a cleric close to Pope Francis, appears alongside his lawyer, Javier Belda Iniesta, at a judicial hearing in Oran, the northwestern province of Salta, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Zanchetta was notified by members of the court that he will be put on trial for alleged abuses against two former seminarians. (Salta's government Judicial Branch Press Office via AP)

Argentine bishop appears at court hearing on abuse charges

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2016 file photo, former Bishop of Oran Gustavo Zanchetta participates in negotiations with border workers in Oran, Salta, Argentina. A prosecutor in Argentina said on Thursday, June 27, 2019, that is appealing a temporary travel permit for Zanchetta, who has been formally accused of sexually abusing two seminarians.(AP Photo/Javier Corbalan, File)

Prosecutor appeals against travel by bishop in abuse case

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

In this Aug. 26, 2016 photo, former Bishop of Oran Gustavo Zanchetta participates in negotiations with border workers in Oran, Salta, Argentina. In August 2017, Pope Francis accepted Zanchetta's resignation after priests in the remote northern Argentine diocese of Oran rebelled under his authoritarian rule and sent reports to the Vatican embassy in May or June of 2017 alleging abuse of power and sexual abuses with adult seminarians, the former vicar said. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan)

Ex-deputy to Argentine bishop says Vatican knew of misdeeds

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and NATACHA PISARENKO and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press