OMAHA (NE)
World-Herald
By Michael O’Connor / World-Herald staff writer
The archdiocese announced the decisions Friday morning regarding the Rev. Alfred J. Salanitro, 54, and the Rev. Franklin A. Dvorak, 69.
The archdiocese conducted investigations of both men and reported the allegations to law enforcement.
Salanitro has been dismissed from the clerical state, and Dvorak was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance, according to a news release from the archdiocese.
The action on Salanitro means he has been returned to the lay state and is prohibited from all priestly functions and ministries. He can never again serve as a priest anywhere in the Roman Catholic Church.
Dvorak’s prayer and penance penalty also prohibits him from publicly exercising priestly ministry in the church. He is not permitted to celebrate Mass publicly or to administer the Church’s sacraments, the release said.
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