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Roger Vangheluwe (89) Passed Away: From Popular Bishop in Bruges to Pariah in 'the Secrets'

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Former Bishop Roger Vangheluwe (89) has passed away. He was the popular and down-to-earth bishop of Bruges for a quarter of a century until it became known in 2010 that he had sexually abused his nephew for years. Since then, he has lived in 'hiding'. In the aftermath of the VRT documentary series 'Godvergeten', he also lost his 'clerical status'.

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Roger Vangheluwe withdrew from public life after it became known that he had sexually abused his underage nephew for years.

·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The former Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe died on Wednesday at the age of 89, announces the Conference of Bishops of Belgium Friday. The funeral...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Former Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, who came under scrutiny due to sexual abuse, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 89. This was confirmed by the...

·Antwerp, Belgium
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Former Bishop Roger Vangheluwe (89) has passed away. He was the popular and down-to-earth bishop of Bruges for a quarter of a century until it became known in 2010 that he had sexually abused his nephew for years. Since then, he has lived in 'hiding'. In the aftermath of the VRT documentary series 'Godvergeten', he also lost his 'clerical status'.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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Former Bishop Roger Vangheluwe (89) died on Wednesday. In 2010 it became known that he had sexually abused his nephew for years. Since then he had lived in 'hiding' and also lost his clerical status. The news Roger Vangheluwe passed away appeared first on PAL.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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Roger Vangheluwe has died at the age of 89. He was the Bishop of Bruges for more than a quarter of a century, until his resignation in 2010. At that time, he came under scrutiny for sexual abuse. It was not until 14 years later that he lost his ecclesiastical status.

·Belgium
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vrt broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday, July 3, 2026.
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