A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia
, the latest twist in a case that has implicated the pope and laid bare the limits of the Vatican’s in-house legal system. The Diocese of Koper confirmed in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Thursday that the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik was accepted as a priest there in August.
The Jesuits said they had kicked Rupnik out not because of the abuse claims, but because of his “stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience.” The Jesuits had exhorted Rupnik to atone for his misconduct and enter into a process of reparation with his victims, but he refused. While Francis’ role in the Rupnik scandal has come into question, the pontiff insisted in a Jan.
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