Vatican expels 6 priests over abuse cases
New York City, New York --
The Vatican has expelled six New York priests either accused or convicted of sexual abuse, including one man who was convicted of sodomizing a teenager in a church rectory.
Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, said Saturday in a phone interview that all six men had lost their pensions and that they could no longer perform church sacraments.
"They are no longer priests, period," he said. "They are reduced to the lay state."
Defrocking is the harshest penalty the Roman Catholic Church can impose on a priest.
The six priests, who were first identified in Catholic New York, a monthly magazine published by the archdiocese, served in parishes throughout the state.
Read the article at International Herald Tribune Dated July 11, 2005
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The Vatican has expelled six New York priests either accused or convicted of sexual abuse, including one man who was convicted of sodomizing a teenager in a church rectory.
Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, said Saturday in a phone interview that all six men had lost their pensions and that they could no longer perform church sacraments.
"They are no longer priests, period," he said. "They are reduced to the lay state."
Defrocking is the harshest penalty the Roman Catholic Church can impose on a priest.
The six priests, who were first identified in Catholic New York, a monthly magazine published by the archdiocese, served in parishes throughout the state.
Read the article at International Herald Tribune Dated July 11, 2005
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