Pope Francis on Tuesday removed a Canadian bishop accused of sexual abuse of children in Quebec.
    Despite being hospitalized at Rome's Policlinico Agostino Gemelli Hospital and having his therapy changed due to a complex clinical picture, Francis is continuing to carry out his duties of governing the Church.
    The Pontiff has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Baie-Comeau, in Canada, presented by Monsignor Jean-Pierre Blais, Vatican sources said.
    Blais, 75, is mentioned in a list of sexual predators filed as part of a victims' class action against the Archdiocese of Quebec.
    Francis has therefore appointed as bishop of Baie-Comeau Father Pierre Charland, until now provincial minister of the Franciscans of Canada.
   

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