On 21 August 2019, Chile's nuncio introduced that the Vatican had released an investigation into claims that Bernardino Piñera, an influential Chilean priest who is also a paternal uncle of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, sexually abused at minimum one child fifty a long time prior. In 1994, Micheal Ledwith resigned as President of St Patrick's College, Maynooth when allegations of sexual abuse by him were designed general public.