The Vatican revealed today (October 13, 2018) that Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean former bishops for allegedly sexually abusing minors, according to the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website.
The decision to expel former archbishop Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and former bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez is not open to appeal.
Both were stripped of their priesthood "as a consequence of overt acts of abuse against minors," the Vatican said.
Defrocking is considered the Catholic Church's harshest penalty for priests, barring the offender from exercising any clerical duties at all, even in private.
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