Francis "Knew Nothing" About Rupnik
He only intervened to refer a second series of allegations by nine women to the church court that had already dealt with the first accusations: "So I had nothing to do with it," Francis affirmed.
But as early as January 2020, Vatican judges found Rupnik guilty of fornication with members of a female religious community and absolution of carnal sins in which he had participated. In May 2020, Rupnik was "excommunicated", but the excommunication was quickly lifted - an act reserved for the Pope. So it seems that the supposedly clueless Francis is lying.
In March 2020, Rupnik gave a televised Lenten sermon to officials of the Roman Curia. By autumn 2022, Rupnik had been commissioned to do artistic work for important church events.
Now Francis claims he is "shocked" by the accusations against Rupnik, with whom he was very close friends.
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