Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Paraguayans glued to presidential paternity scandal

Tue Apr 28, 2009
By Kevin Gray

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayans are transfixed over a real-life soap opera set in the presidential palace: paternity claims by three women against bishop-turned-president Fernando Lugo.

The president, once known as the "bishop of the poor" but now seen as something of a playboy, stunned Paraguayans two weeks ago by admitting he had fathered a child while he was a Roman Catholic bishop. The acknowledgment came after the mother filed a paternity suit.

Since then, two other women have come forward with similar claims and Lugo, instead of denying them, asked the nation to forgive him. the rest

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