Portuguese priest laicized 30 years after murder and abuse convictions
Why it took three decades for Frederico Marcos da Cunha to be sanctioned
Portugal's Diocese of Funchal published last Wednesday a statement explaining that Pope Francis had laicized one of its priests, Frederico Marcos da Cunha.
The case is unusual because Cunha was convicted in 1993 of sexually abusing several minors and of murdering a 15-year-old boy.
So why did the Church take 31 years to conclude canonical proceedings agai…