The complex case of Fr Marko Rupnik, explained

 

The complex case of Fr Marko Rupnik, explained

VATICAN CITY (VATICAN CITY)
The Pillar [Washington DC]

December 15, 2022

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Fr. Marko Rupnik is at the center of a complicated, and still unfolding, set of allegations in Rome. ‘The Pillar’ explains what’s happening.

The global leader of the Jesuit order on Wednesday told journalists that Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ, was excommunicated in 2019 — two years before he faced allegations of spiritually abusing religious sisters in the priest’s native Slovenia.

Speaking to journalists Dec. 14, Fr. Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, said that Rupnik had indeed been excommunicated, but that the penalty was remitted after Rupnik – a well-known Jesuit artist – repented of a serious canonical crime, namely the absolution of an accomplice in a sin against the sixth commandment.

Sosa’s admission brings some clarity to the complicated set of allegations against Rupnik, and confusing statements issued in response to them.

But the allegations against Rupnik are still fairly complicated, and the timeline…