Jesuits confirm expulsion of a priest artist and lament that Vatican norms block harsher sanctions
Rome, ItalyAP The Jesuits said Monday that a famous artist priest is definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women, and lamented they couldn’t prosecute him more vigorously under the Vatican’s internal procedures. Rev Marko Ivan Rupnik remains a Catholic priest but is no longer a Jesuit priest, after he […]
Supporter defends expelled Jesuit priest against “lynching”, says abuse claims unproven
Rome, ItalyAP The head of a religious art and culture centre founded by a disgraced Jesuit priest came to his defense Saturday after he was expelled from the Jesuit religious order following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse against adult women. Maria Campatelli, director of the Rome-based Aletti Center, said the claims against Rev […]
Vatican investigator says claims of Jesuit abuse true
Rome, ItalyAP A Vatican-appointed investigator who helped bring to light decades-old allegations of sexual and spiritual abuse against a famous Jesuit priest is calling for the hierarchs who hid his crimes to “humbly ask the world to forgive the scandal”. In correspondence obtained Monday, Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the claims of the women about […]