Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women, and removed the statute of limitations that had previously prevented a church trial based on their claims. The Vatican’s announcement on Friday marked a major turnaround for the Holy See and followed […]
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 […]
Jesuits expel prominent priest after allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order said Thursday it has expelled a prominent Slovenian priest from the congregation following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses against adult women. A statement from the Jesuits, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, said Rev Marko Ivan Rupnik was dismissed from the Jesuit order by decree […]
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 […]
Pope’s vicar for Rome seeks full truth about Jesuit abuse
Rome, ItalyAP The Pope’s vicar for Rome called Friday for the full truth to come out about a famous Jesuit priest accused of sexual and spiritual abuses against adult women, and said he was evaluating what to do with the priest’s Rome-based community and diocesan positions. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis became the latest church official […]
“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 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 […]
Jesuits ask victims to come forward in artist abuse case
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis’ Jesuit order on Sunday asked any more victims to come forward with complaints against a famous Jesuit artist who was essentially let off the hook by the Vatican twice despite devastating testimony by women who said he sexually and spiritually abused them. The Jesuits asked for new evidence against Rev Marko […]
Jesuits admit artist excommunicated before new abuse claims
Rome, ItalyAP The head of Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order admitted Wednesday that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him for allegedly abusing other adult women under his spiritual care. Rev […]
Jesuit priests demand transparency in Vatican’s artist case
Rome, ItalyAP One of the Vatican’s leading Jesuit advisers on preventing clergy sexual abuse called Wednesday for church authorities to shed more light on the case of a famous Jesuit artist who wasn’t sanctioned by the Holy See after he was accused of spiritually abusing women during confession. Rev Hans Zollner said the recent statement by […]