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By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews, Oct 27, 2023

The statement comes two days after Catholic media broke news that Fr. Rupnik has been incardinated into a Slovenian diocese.

VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has asked the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to “review” the case of alleged serial abuser Father Marko Rupnik, the Vatican said in a new statement, days after outrage spread through the Church when news broke of Rupnik’s incardination into a new diocese.

In a brief message issued October 27, the Holy See Press Office issued one of the only interventions which has been officially made by the Vatican on the case of Fr. Rupnik since news of his alleged abuses broke just under a year ago.

The statement read in full:

In September the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors brought to the Pope’s attention that there were serious problems in the handling of the Fr. Marko Rupnik case and lack of outreach to victims. Consequently the Holy Father asked the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to review the case, and decided to lift the statute of limitations to allow a process to take place. …

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