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ROME – This week a public spat on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, revealed that a Spanish priest has been barred by the Vatican from his online activities for trolling a victim of a Peru-based group currently under investigation.
In a May 7 post on X, Spanish Father Francisco Delgado, who lives in Virginia Dale, Colo., in the United States, announced that “By direct order of my Archbishop, I am forced to interrupt activity on all of my networks and suspend my participation in the media.”
A high-ranking source confirmed to Crux the archbishop received the request from the Holy See.
“This time I’m not doing it of my own free will. I have no choice but to defend myself against a slander that I hope one day to be able to give details about,” he said, insisting that despite the “persecution” against him, “I continue to maintain my purpose of being faithful to the Church of Christ and to its visible leader, who is Pope Francis.”
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In a May 7 post on X, Spanish Father Francisco Delgado, who lives in Virginia Dale, Colo., in the United States, announced that “By direct order of my Archbishop, I am forced to interrupt activity on all of my networks and suspend my participation in the media.”
A high-ranking source confirmed to Crux the archbishop received the request from the Holy See.
“This time I’m not doing it of my own free will. I have no choice but to defend myself against a slander that I hope one day to be able to give details about,” he said, insisting that despite the “persecution” against him, “I continue to maintain my purpose of being faithful to the Church of Christ and to its visible leader, who is Pope Francis.”
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Church sanctions priest for being an online troll
This week a public spat on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, revealed that a Spanish priest has been barred by the Vatican from his online activities for trolling a victim of a Peru-based group currently under investigation.
