On 21 August 2019, Chile's nuncio declared that the Vatican had introduced an investigation into statements that Bernardino Piñera, an influential Chilean priest who is also a paternal uncle of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, sexually abused at least a person youngster fifty decades prior. In 1994, Micheal Ledwith resigned as President of St Patrick's College, Maynooth when allegations of sexual abuse by him had been manufactured public.