Vatican Names Judges for Trial of Former Jesuit Artist Rupnik
The Vatican has announced the appointment of judges to decide the fate of Marko Ivan Rupnik, a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abuse by over 20 women.
Rupnik's mosaics decorate basilicas around the world, but he has been accused of sexual, spiritual, and psychological abuse by more than two dozen women.
The accusations against Rupnik have tarnished the legacy of Pope Francis, given suggestions that the Jesuit pope and the Jesuit religious order protected one of their own over decades.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that manages clergy sex abuse cases, has named five judges to hear the Rupnik case in a canonical court, including women and priests who don’t hold jobs in the Vatican bureaucracy.
Author's summary: Vatican names judges for Rupnik's trial.