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| Pope Francis defrocks priest at centre of Chile sex abuse scandal |
| 2018-09-29 |
| [Al Jazeera] Pope Francis defrocked a Chilean priest who was at the centre of a global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy. A statement issued by the Vatican on Friday said Father Fernando Karadima, 88, was "reduced to the lay state" by the pope, a move it called "exceptional" and done "for the good of the Church". Karadima sexually abused teenage boys over many years and now lived in a home for the elderly in the Chilean capital, Santiago. He was found guilty in a Vatican investigation in 2011 and ordered to live a life of "prayer and penitence", but was not defrocked at the time, the final years of the reign of former Pope Benedict. That meant he was still a priest, although he could not minister in public. Karadima, who has always denied any wrongdoing, escaped civilian justice because of the statute of limitations in the country. Seven Chilean bishops have resigned since June after an investigation into an alleged cover-up of Karadima's crimes, some of them former proteges of Karadima, who prepared them for the priesthood as young men in Santiago's up-scale, conservative El Bosque neighbourhood. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 If the castration instruments of the Holy See are dull and rusted,...well good. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-09-29 15:35 |
| #1 Too late. What about the bishops that protected him? They are Bergoglio Buddies, his socialist and Jesuit liberal gay cronies. And thats why the Catholic Church will continue to rot as long as there isnt an orthodox pope who isnt afraid to fight the vatican and the liberals and drain that swamp. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-09-29 12:36 |