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Father Marko Rupnik was released by the Jesuits after an investigation credibly showed that he had abused his authority over a group of Slovenian nuns for years. In the 1990s this included his forcing them to commune his from chalices used for Mass. The Jesuits investigated these crimes but found them outside the statute of limitations. Rupnik went on to Rome to found the Aletti Center, where he could practice as an artist and teach Ignatian spirituality. In 2016, Rupnik committed one of the gravest canonical crimes: He affected to use his power as a priest to absolve a woman of a sexual sin she had committed with him. This crime comes with a penalty of automatic excommunication. In January 2020, an investigation confirmed that Rupnik had committed the crime. In May of the same year, the conviction and verdict were reaffirmed unanimously and formalized after an investigation by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).
But during that meantime, in March of 2020, Pope Francis invited Father Rupnik to preach the Lenten homilies at the Vatican. A month after CDF affirmed the excommunication of Rupnik, the excommunication was lifted.
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But during that meantime, in March of 2020, Pope Francis invited Father Rupnik to preach the Lenten homilies at the Vatican. A month after CDF affirmed the excommunication of Rupnik, the excommunication was lifted.
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Why Has the Vatican Restored Father Rupnik? | National Review
The priest was judged to have serially sexually abused women religious and to have abused the sacraments of the church.
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