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McCarrick is the highest-ranked church official to date to be dismissed over the ongoing sexual abuse scandals in the Church. [ 30 ] Roger Vangheluwe , who served as the Bishop of Bruges until 2010 was laicized on March 11th, 2024, after new elements regarding the prolonged abuse of his nephew came to light. [ 31 ]
Defrocking of patriarch Nikon. Defrocking, unfrocking, degradation, or laicization of clergy is the removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry.
Bishop Pavol Hnilica rehabilitated multiple-convicted Austrian priest Joseph Seidnitzer in 1991.. Joseph Seidnitzer (Stainz, 1920 – Innsbruck, 1993), was an Austrian priest, missionary, and the founder and director of Priesterwerk, who was convicted multiple times for sexual abuse of boys aged 18 and over (at the time, people younger than 21 years were considered underage). [9]
By JOHN HEILPRIN and NICOLE WINFIELD May 6, 7:10 PM EDT GENEVA (AP) -- The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and ...
Vangheluwe, 87, shot to international infamy in 2010 amid disclosures he had sexually abused his young nephew for over a dozen years when he was a priest and later a bishop. He later admitted he ...
If a bishop receives a priest into his diocese who belongs to another diocese, both the priest and the bishop are excommunicated. Those who concoct two natures of the Lord before the union but imagine a single one after the union. Religious or laity who attempt to produce another creed.
Apr. 10—The Diocese of Manchester has added three names to its online list of dozens of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse going back to 1950, church officials announced this week.
This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. The reason given is: Information needs to be included relating to the state of canon law since the introduction of revised codes of canon law in 1918, 1983 and 1991. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2017)