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Oswald's avatar

This is a great explainer, as usual.

I still wouldn't write off the possibility that some diocese takes him in. He still seems to have his defenders, and if he is aggressive enough about finding a new home, I could see Fr. Rupnik persuading some clueless or naive bishop to give him another chance. If the alleged abuse had involved minors, I would have said no chance. But since none of the cases do, and he was never actually convicted of anything related to them...who knows. Hopefully I'm wrong about this and I'm just making crazy speculations.

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Sue Korlan's avatar

Given the disobedience, I don't think any bishop would incardinate him.

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Patrick Hoelscher's avatar

I never thought I'd see a more spineless "punishment" than laicization, but here we are

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Aidan T's avatar

The Jesuits are so vain they probably think being kicked out of the Society is a bigger punishment than being kicked out of the priesthood.

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Eugene Francisco's Mini's avatar

A pretty broad brush Aiden

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Chris Meier's avatar

Maybe an avenue through this is for some bishop to volunteer to accept Rupnik into his diocese, then never give him faculties or an assignment. Just a desk in some back room of the chancery where he's given nothing to do.

In other words, managed obsolescence.

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John's avatar

Or, some enterprising bishop could offer to incardinate him and then turn around and proceed with laicization. Only in my daydreams…

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Sue Korlan's avatar

I suspect he would prefer not to be incardinated and avoid the obedience problem.

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KW's avatar

Do any of the sisters he assaulted have standing to pursue legal action?

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Chris Eich's avatar

Time to (re)suppress the Jesuits! jk

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Kat S.'s avatar

How many abusive priests has the Society actually sought laicization for versus suspending them indefinatly from public ministry or expelling from the order?

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Eugene Francisco's Mini's avatar

This entire situation reminds me of the saying it’s not what you know but who you know!

It further infuriates me the this man still has faculties while our Pastor hangs in limbo for FIVE years waiting for Rome to decide on a complaint NOT SEXUAL ABUSE. Our newly appointed bishop seems more interested in cya rather than restoring a good priest. I come to that conclusion after making several attempts to inform him of the facts. Jesus and His teachings and how HE handled many of these situations seem to be foreign to so many who seemingly represent Him here on earth. Someone told me there is no politics in the church.REALLY??

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