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 […]
Great Works: The Cosmati Pavement
As Westminster Abbey prepares to open the world-famous Cosmati Pavement to the public, LUCY DONKIN, author of ‘Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages’, takes a look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at its history…
Lourdes shrine reviewing mosaics after Jesuit abuse claims
Rome, ItalyAP Officials at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes announced the creation of a study group Friday to decide what to do with one of the French sanctuary’s most famous but now controversial attractions: mosaics by a Jesuit artist who has been sanctioned by the Vatican and his religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically […]
“Despicable”: Slovene Catholic bishops condemn Jesuit artist’s abuse
Vatican CityAP Slovenia’s Catholic bishops on Thursday condemned as “despicable” the emotional, sexual, and spiritual violence committed against women by a famous Slovenian priest at the heart of an abuse and cover-up scandal roiling the Vatican and the Jesuit order of Pope Francis. The Slovene bishops’ conference broke three weeks of silence with a statement […]
Vatican under pressure over non-prosecution of Jesuit artist
Vatican CityAP The Vatican came under pressure Tuesday to explain why it didn’t prosecute a famous Jesuit artist and merely let his order restrict the priest’s ministry following allegations that he abused his authority over adult women. The Jesuits, the same order to which Pope Francis belongs, announced in a statement made public this week […]
Prominent Jesuit priest and artist disciplined after abuse allegations
Rome, ItalyReuters The Roman Catholic Jesuit order said it disciplined a prominent priest and artist who reportedly sexually and psychologically abused nuns in his native Slovenia three decades ago. The Jesuits issued a statement about Father Marko Ivan Rupnik following Italian media reports last week that several nuns had accused him of abuse in the […]