VATICAN CITY
Reuters
September 28, 2018
By Philip Pullella
Pope Francis has defrocked Father Fernando Karadima, the 88-year-old priest at the center of the vast sexual abuse scandal in Chile, the Vatican said on Friday.
Chilean priest Fernando Karadima is seen inside the Supreme Court building in Santiago, Chile, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Vera
Karadima was found guilty in a Vatican investigation in 2011 of abusing teenage boys over many years. He was ordered to live a life of prayer and penitence, but he was not defrocked.
Seven Chilean bishops have resigned since June following an investigation into an alleged cover-up of Karadima’s actions.
Karadima, who has always denied wrongdoing, escaped civilian justice because of the statute of limitations in the country.
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