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Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest accused of murdering a homeless man. The prelate said he was “devastated” by the news of the murder.
“Due to the gravity of the crime and the great public outrage, the metropolitan of Warsaw, Archbishop Adrian Galbas, immediately requests the Holy See to impose the highest penalty provided for in canon law for a cleric: dismissal from the priesthood,” reads a July 26 statementfrom the Archdiocese of Warsaw.
The text indicates that the request is based on the provisions of sections 1 and 3 of Canon 1397 of the Code of Canon Law, which stipulate that if a cleric commits homicide or kidnapping, “he must be dismissed from the clerical state.”
According to the news site of the German Bishops’ Conference, the accused priest has already been arrested by Polish police and has confessed to the crime.
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“Due to the gravity of the crime and the great public outrage, the metropolitan of Warsaw, Archbishop Adrian Galbas, immediately requests the Holy See to impose the highest penalty provided for in canon law for a cleric: dismissal from the priesthood,” reads a July 26 statementfrom the Archdiocese of Warsaw.
The text indicates that the request is based on the provisions of sections 1 and 3 of Canon 1397 of the Code of Canon Law, which stipulate that if a cleric commits homicide or kidnapping, “he must be dismissed from the clerical state.”
According to the news site of the German Bishops’ Conference, the accused priest has already been arrested by Polish police and has confessed to the crime.
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Polish archbishop asks Vatican to laicize priest accused of murder
Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest accused of murdering a homeless man.
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