Chile: Vatican’s sex abuse investigator hospitalised

Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s hospitalisation has put more pressure on the Vatican, already facing criticism for not doing enough to deal with allegations of abuse by a Catholic Priest in Chile.

A special envoy sent to Chile by Pope Francis to investigate cover-ups in a sex abuse scandal has been hospitalised.

This has put more pressure on the Vatican, already under fire for not doing enough to deal with allegations of abuse by a Catholic Priest in Chile.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the capital Santiago.