The Vatican on Thursday acknowledged that it had secretly disciplined East Timor bishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Belo two years ago, responding to allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor decades before
The Vatican’s acknowledgment came in response to reporters’ questions following an article this week in Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. In its report, De Groene Amsterdammer quoted two men, identified with pseudonyms, as saying Belo raped them when they were 14 and 15 and then later gave them money. The publication quoted both men as saying that they believed that Belo had sexually abused other boys in East Timor.
The same year East Timor won independence Belo, citing health reasons brought on by stress and burnout, tendered his resignation as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Dili to Pope John Paul II, who accepted it. He was only 54 at the time, 21 years short of the usual retirement age for a bishop. After stepping down as bishop of Dili, Belo worked as a missionary in Mozambique and later settled in Portugal, where he still lives.
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