Roman Catholic Diocese of Orán

[3] Zanchetta, who was one of Pope Francis's first appointments in his home country, was first accused of "strange behaviour" in 2015 when pornographic pictures, including naked selfies, were found on his phone.

[3] In August 2017, Pope Francis allowed Zanchetta to resign as Bishop of Orán, citing "health reasons," but then appointed him to serve as Assessor, or Councilor, to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.

[9][10] In addition to sex abuse charges, Zanchetta is also accused of committing acts of financial fraud and mismanagement by embezzling Diocese charity funds which were secretly not used for charitable causes, but instead were used for personal benefit.

[13] On 4 March 2022, Bishop Emeritus Zanchetta was convicted of «aggravated continued sexual abuse», sentenced to four and a half years in prison[14] and immediately arrested.

Bishop Scozzina apologized to the victims and called for reconciliation «to heal the wounds caused by gestures and attitudes of authoritarianism and abuse of power».