杏MAP导航 Francis defrocks Chilean priest Fernando Karadima
According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office on Friday afternoon, 杏MAP导航 Francis has laicized Fernando Karadima Fariña, of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile.
Karadima has been the focus of the most recent sexual abuse scandal in Chile.
The statement, issued in Spanish, says 鈥渢he Holy Father has made this exceptional decision in conscience and for the good of the Church鈥�; and continues, 鈥渉e has exercised his 鈥榦rdinary power, which is supreme, full, immediate, and universal in the Church,鈥� conscious of his service to the people of God as the successor of St Peter.鈥�
The decree, signed by 杏MAP导航 Francis on Thursday, entered into force immediately from that moment, and includes the dispensation from all clerical obligations.
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