Francisco José Cox Huneeus (* 18. December 1933, Santiago de Chile) is a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an Bishop

Bishop

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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 and member of Schoenstatt Movement

Schoenstatt Movement

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 accused of abusing young boys for years.

Cox Huneeus, also known as padre Papán, became bishop of Talca

Talca

Talca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....

 in 1961 and 1981 secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family

Pontifical Council for the Family

The Pontifical Council for the Family is part of the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church. It was established by Pope John Paul II on 9 May 1981 with his motu proprio Familia a Deo Instituta, replacing the Committee for the Family that Pope Paul VI had established in 1973...

 in Rom

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. In 1985 he became bishop of La Serena, Chile.

Priest Manuel Hervia reported in 1992 to bishops Alejandro Goic and Carlos González Cruchaga

Carlos González Cruchaga

Carlos González Cruchaga was a Chilean Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Cruchaga was born in Santiago, Chile, and ordained a priest on September 23, 1944. Cruchaga was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Talca on January 4, 1967 and ordained a bishop May 7, 1967...

, president of the Chilean Episcopal Conference, about the abuses of Cox in La Serena. But as after three years no investigation was initiated, Hervia informed Archbishop

Archbishop

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 Carlos Oviedo Cavada

Carlos Oviedo Cavada

Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. was a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1990 to 1998, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994.-Biography:...

 assuming that the Nuntius should be informed. Cox's effusive preferences for young men has been attested by witnesses.

2001 he was ordered to Latin American Episcopal Conference

Latin American Episcopal Conference

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 in Colombia

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.

In 2002, Archbishop 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".

Francisco Javier Errázuriz asked to protect the Roman Catholic Church and considered the claims against Cox as not proven and as suspicion because of the exuberant amiability of Cox's behavior

The Catholic Church declines to answer questions about Cox's whereabouts. Cox is living apparently in Koblenz

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, Germany

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 by the Schoenstatt Community. "I apologize for the dark side of me that opposes to the Evangelium"

Chile's legal system, meanwhile, never even learned of the charges against Cox.