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Bishop Nicolas Djomo, center front, stands with other bishops, cardinals and a lay auditor after an October 2014 session of the Synod of Bishops on the family. Djomo, recently retired bishop in the Diocese of Tshumbe, Democratic Republic of Congo, failed to follow Vatican guidelines in dealing with allegations of a 2020 rape of a 14-year-old girl by a diocesan priest, The Washington Post has reported. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Bishop Nicolas Djomo, center front, failed to follow Vatican guidelines in dealing with allegations of a 2020 rape of a 14-year-old girl by a diocesan priest, The Washington Post has reported. (CNS/Paul Haring)