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| Vatican defrocks anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone |
| 2022-12-19 |
| [NYPost] A fervently anti-abortion priest who placed an aborted fetus on a church altar and posted an online video of it has been defrocked by the Vatican for his "blasphemous communications on social media." Frank Pavone, head of the anti-abortion group Priests for Life, was booted from the priesthood by the church Nov. 9 — with no chance for an appeal, US Archbishop Christophe Pierre announced last week. "Rev. Frank Pavone, the founder of the organization, Priests for Life, Inc., was dismissed from the clerical state by the Holy See on 9 November 2022," the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy wrote in a statement shared with Catholic clergy by Pierre. "This action was taken after Father Pavone was found guilty in canonical proceedings of blasphemous communications on social media, and of persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop," the statement said. The statement added that Pavone had been given "ample opportunity to defend himself," but it was determined that he "had no reasonable justification for his actions." |
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