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That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see…
It really is hard to tell what’s going on in Pope Francis’s Vatican, especially these days, but that’s because there’s plenty—too much—to see.
Heading into the weekend, Italy’s Domani published a piece detailing new allegations against the disgraced former Jesuit, Marko Rupnik–inexplicably and intolerably styled Fr. Marko Rupnik—extern of Koper diocese in his native Slovenia, currently resident in Rome and reported to be regularly seen at the Centro Aletti he founded in the early 1990s.
The allegations amount to physical assault and grievous bodily harm.
Basically, the victim alleges that Rupnik broke her right index finger during a “spiritual counselling” session. Maybe he did break the finger, maybe he didn’t. Both Rupnik and Ivanka Hosta (then-superior of the woman’s religious community) allegedly prohibited the victim from seeking medical treatment.
A fracture should show on x-rays, even at many years’ remove from the incident. A “mere” dislocation or other, similar injury could be difficult to prove physically, but the Vatican investigator chiefly responsible has already declared the witnesses against Rupnik to be highly credible.
“I did it for love,” the victim recalls Rupnik telling her. “Now,” Rupnik allegedly told her, “you have the permanent seal of the Society of Jesus.”
Maybe these allegations will be among those a Vatican canonical tribunal eventually tries out, when and if it gets around to trying Rupnik at all. Count on the tribunal to conduct its proceedings in secret. Count on the tribunal to be about as trustworthy as any Court of Star Chamber.
Continued below.
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It really is hard to tell what’s going on in Pope Francis’s Vatican, especially these days, but that’s because there’s plenty—too much—to see.
Heading into the weekend, Italy’s Domani published a piece detailing new allegations against the disgraced former Jesuit, Marko Rupnik–inexplicably and intolerably styled Fr. Marko Rupnik—extern of Koper diocese in his native Slovenia, currently resident in Rome and reported to be regularly seen at the Centro Aletti he founded in the early 1990s.
The allegations amount to physical assault and grievous bodily harm.
Basically, the victim alleges that Rupnik broke her right index finger during a “spiritual counselling” session. Maybe he did break the finger, maybe he didn’t. Both Rupnik and Ivanka Hosta (then-superior of the woman’s religious community) allegedly prohibited the victim from seeking medical treatment.
A fracture should show on x-rays, even at many years’ remove from the incident. A “mere” dislocation or other, similar injury could be difficult to prove physically, but the Vatican investigator chiefly responsible has already declared the witnesses against Rupnik to be highly credible.
“I did it for love,” the victim recalls Rupnik telling her. “Now,” Rupnik allegedly told her, “you have the permanent seal of the Society of Jesus.”
Maybe these allegations will be among those a Vatican canonical tribunal eventually tries out, when and if it gets around to trying Rupnik at all. Count on the tribunal to conduct its proceedings in secret. Count on the tribunal to be about as trustworthy as any Court of Star Chamber.
Continued below.
Hard to say what’s doing in Francis’s Vatican
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