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New Catholic bishop to be announced

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It seems there is light at the end of the tunnel for the embattled Catholic Diocese of Gaborone as the investigations into the circumstances that led to the resignation of Bishop emeritus Valentine Seane as the Apostolic Administrator are complete, this publication has learnt. Highly placed sources at the Southern African Catholic Bishop Conference (SACBC) – an episcopal conference consisting of all the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa, Botswana, and Swaziland – have revealed that the bishops from the three countries will meet next week Tuesday in Pretoria to ponder on the investigation report. Bishop Frank Nabuasah, who was appointed Apostolic Administrator after the resignation of Bishop Valentine Seane, is expected to present to the Southern African bishops his findings and recommendations from him, Seane, Bishop Emeritus Boniface Setlalekgosi, the clergy, religious and the laity. At the top of the agenda will be to discuss the suitable candidate for the diocese and the conference is said to be divided between recommending the appointment of a new bishop and assigning Bishop Nabuasah to the troubled diocese. “Nabuasah is more experienced and had dealt with some of the issues bedevilling the dioceses while still bishop of the then…

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