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I'm starting a thread, and linked to related threads, to include these cases as the Church acts on them. That way, hopefully we have a central location here to follow them. (Mods, if this thread isn't appropriate in this subforum, please move it to the right one!)
Here's the one I saw from today (Oct. 13, 2018):
Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for sex abuse of minors
Here's the one I saw from today (Oct. 13, 2018):
Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for sex abuse of minors
An abuse and cover up scandal has engulfed Chile's Catholic Church, with a probe identifying more than 160 abusers.
Pope Francis has defrock two retired Chilean bishops caught up in a sexual abuse crisis rocking Chile's Roman Catholic Church.
The Vatican named the two men as Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, archbishop emeritus of the cities of La Serena and Iquique respectively.
A statement on Saturday explained that the decision was taken on Thursday and cannot be appealed. The notice also referred to a canonical measure relating to "manifest abuse of minors" as being the reason for dismissal.
Defrocking, officially called "reduced to the lay state", means they have been expelled from the priesthood.
It is the harshest punishment the Church can inflict on a member of the clergy and such action has rarely been taken against bishops.
In early October, the religious order to which Cox belongs, the Schoenstatt Fathers, said the Vatican was investigating an accusation against him relating to the sexual abuse of a minor in Germany in 2004.
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The defrockings come one day after the pope accepted the resignation of a US cardinal who was accused of covering up a sex abuse scandal in Pennsylvania.
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Allegations of abuse and cover ups have dogged Chile's Catholic Church for years, but in recent months, an unprecedented investigation has ramped up efforts to identify victims and perpetrators.
More than 100 clergymen are under investigation in what is now the largest clerical sex abuse probe in Latin American history, spanning all of Chile's 15 mainland regions.
Prosecutors have raided church offices in five cities, uncovering evidence of abuses that were never reported to authorities.
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The searches have so far identified 178 victims, 79 of which were minors at the time of the alleged abuse, and charged 167 members of the clergy with carrying out or covering up abuses.
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In a shock move in May, all of Chile's 34 bishops resigned en mass over Francis' refusal to accept the resignation, following a crisis meeting.
So far, Francis has accepted seven resignations, not including the two bishops defrocked on Saturday.
A papal visit in January was marred by protests and calls for the pope to accept Barros' resignation, which had been offered several times.
Pope Francis has defrock two retired Chilean bishops caught up in a sexual abuse crisis rocking Chile's Roman Catholic Church.
The Vatican named the two men as Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, archbishop emeritus of the cities of La Serena and Iquique respectively.
A statement on Saturday explained that the decision was taken on Thursday and cannot be appealed. The notice also referred to a canonical measure relating to "manifest abuse of minors" as being the reason for dismissal.
Defrocking, officially called "reduced to the lay state", means they have been expelled from the priesthood.
It is the harshest punishment the Church can inflict on a member of the clergy and such action has rarely been taken against bishops.
In early October, the religious order to which Cox belongs, the Schoenstatt Fathers, said the Vatican was investigating an accusation against him relating to the sexual abuse of a minor in Germany in 2004.
...
The defrockings come one day after the pope accepted the resignation of a US cardinal who was accused of covering up a sex abuse scandal in Pennsylvania.
...
Allegations of abuse and cover ups have dogged Chile's Catholic Church for years, but in recent months, an unprecedented investigation has ramped up efforts to identify victims and perpetrators.
More than 100 clergymen are under investigation in what is now the largest clerical sex abuse probe in Latin American history, spanning all of Chile's 15 mainland regions.
Prosecutors have raided church offices in five cities, uncovering evidence of abuses that were never reported to authorities.
...
The searches have so far identified 178 victims, 79 of which were minors at the time of the alleged abuse, and charged 167 members of the clergy with carrying out or covering up abuses.
...
In a shock move in May, all of Chile's 34 bishops resigned en mass over Francis' refusal to accept the resignation, following a crisis meeting.
So far, Francis has accepted seven resignations, not including the two bishops defrocked on Saturday.
A papal visit in January was marred by protests and calls for the pope to accept Barros' resignation, which had been offered several times.
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