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February 5, 2020

Pope Francis defrocks Argentine founder of religious institute

Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expelled from the priesthood the founder of Miles Christi, a religious institute based in Argentina, after he was found guilty of sexual and physical abuse.

Published in Vatican
July 2, 2014

Vatican’s UN envoy says bishop’s defrocking shows church takes abuse seriously

Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is pictured celebrating Mass in Santo Domingo in 2009. Wesolowski was found guilty of sexual abuse of minors and was defrocked last week.

VATICAN CITY - The defrocking of a former Vatican ambassador is a “sign of the seriousness” with which Pope Francis and the Vatican are approaching the clergy sexual abuse scandal, according to the Holy See’s representative to United Nations agencies in Geneva.

Published in Vatican