On 21 August 2019, Chile's nuncio announced that the Vatican experienced launched 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 the very least one child fifty many years prior. In 1994, Micheal Ledwith resigned as President of St Patrick's College, Maynooth when allegations of sexual abuse by him ended up created public.