Tag: Defrocking

• Monday, October 15th 2018 - 04:42 UTC

  Two Chilean bishops no longer priests due to their involvement in cases of sexual abuse

  

  Pope Francis Saturday stripped two Chilean bishops of their priesthood after having been found to be involved in the country's widening sexual abuse crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday. A Vatican statement in Spanish said the pope's decision was definitive and not open to appeal.