Why doesn't Pope Francis laicize the bishop who abused his nephews?

Why doesn't Pope Francis laicize the bishop who abused his two minor nephews? The question was bluntly raised by the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo regarding the horrific case of Monsignor Roger Vangheluwe. He first did so during a lengthy meeting on January 22 with the apostolic nuncio, Monsignor Franco Coppola, centered around the upcoming papal visit to Belgium planned for this spring in Leuven on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Catholic University. Later, he made a post on X that ignited a scandal that has been dragging on for over ten years but has so far remained within Belgian territory. 'I once again urged the Vatican to remove Bishop Roger Vangheluwe's title. This is important for the victims.' The monstrous bishop, now in his eighties, who has since retired to private life in a convent after leaving the leadership of the diocese in 2010, has never been prosecuted by Belgian justice because the crimes have since expired, nor by the Vatican justice which has so far only required him to live in a monastery. The Vatican's attitude in not proceeding to laicize him, as has already happened in other prominent cases such as that of former American Cardinal McCarrick, remains inexplicable. Not only that. The Vangheluwe scandal has once again brought to light the cover-ups he enjoyed and the cover-up operated by the ultra-progressive cardinal and great supporter of Pope Francis, Godfried Danneels, then Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, who in 2010 strongly urged the abused nephews not to publicly accuse their uncle. Recordings of this spectacular cover-up have circulated numerous times. Danneels, who passed away in 2019, was one of the guests at the Synod of the Family in 2015. Since then, the Vangheluwe case in Belgium periodically surfaces in the local press causing disorientation due to the Vatican's attitude. Meanwhile, the Flemish Parliament, the legislative body for the Flemish region of Belgium, decided last October to establish a special commission of inquiry into sexual abuse in the Church, following a series of television documentaries that have refocused the spotlight on the Vangheluwe case and why the bishop continues to hold the title of bishop and be a priest.