The complex case of Fr Marko Rupnik, explained

Fr. Marko Rupnik is at the center of a complicated, and still unfolding, set of allegations in Rome. 'The Pillar' explains what's happening.

The global leader of the Jesuit order on Wednesday told journalists that Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ, was excommunicated in 2019 — two years before he faced allegations of spiritually abusing religious sisters in the priest’s native Slovenia.

Speaking to journalists Dec. 14, Fr. Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, said that Rupnik had in…