President of Paraguay fathers son while a Roman Catholic bishop

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has said he will recognise that he fathered a 10-year-old child born when he was still a Roman Catholic bishop.

The mother, Narcisa Delacruz, is a nurse who said she met Mr Lugo after separating from her husband.

She is the fourth woman to come forward with similar allegations since Mr Lugo, 61, renounced the priesthood and was elected in 2008.

This is the second child he has acknowledged.

Mr Lugo served as a Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of San Pedro, one of Paraguay's poorest areas, until stepping down in December 2006, saying he felt powerless to help the country's poor.

He took office as president two years later, ending 61 years of conservative rule in Paraguay.

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