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February 27, 2019

Priests who father children need speedy process to leave priesthood, Vatican cardinal says

Seminarians attend Mass in 2017 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois, near Chicago.
VATICAN – When the Vatican Congregation for Clergy developed guidelines a decade ago for handling cases of priests who father children, the first objective was to make it easier for those men to leave the priesthood to care for their children and be real dads, said the prefect of the congregation.
Published in International
April 12, 2017

Priest convicted of stealing $300k removed from clergy by Pope Francis

The Diocese of Manchester, N.H. announced April 7 that Pope Francis has dismissed Edward J. Arsenault, a New Hampshire priest who has been convicted of stealing $300,000 from the local diocese, a hospital and a deceased priest's estate.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Pope Francis has dismissed a New Hampshire priest from the clerical state, after the priest was convicted of stealing some $300,000 from the local diocese, a hospital and a deceased priest's estate.

Published in International