Some of Marko Rupnik’s alleged serial abuse is said to have taken place at his Rome-based Aletti Center, which has become his international base of operations and where he continues to live an unimpeded life.
The decision by the Shrine of Fatima to unquestioningly preserve Fr. Rupnik's work comes as other Catholic sites are beginning to cover or remove the images.
Urging the removal of all displayed artwork by alleged serial abuser Fr. Rupnik, Bishop Strickland wrote, 'There should be no delay, no debate, no consideration, no compromise.'
In a statement published on June 28 Cardinal Sean O‘Malley said the he recognizes the presumption of innocence during an active investigation, but said that the Holy See and the Roman Curia should 'exercise wise pastoral prudence and compassion toward those harmed by clerical sexual abuse.'
‘Who am I to judge?’ said the Vatican’s Paolo Ruffini about Fr. Marko Rupnik, who has been accused of abusing dozens of people and committing blasphemous sexual abuse against religious sisters.
Monsignor John Joseph Kennedy, the head of the CDF's Disciplinary Section, stated earlier this week that 77 percent of all cases his office receives involve the abuse of children.
The Knights of Columbus Cardinal O’Boyle Council 11302 demanded that the Knights’ state and national leadership immediately cover up and remove Marko Rupnik’s mosaics at the National Shrine of St. John Paul II in DC.
When questioned by this reporter on April 18, an official for the Congregation (now Dicastery) for Divine Worship rejected the notion that Rupnik is still a consultor for the CDW.