Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ, a well-known Jesuit priest and artist, has been accused of abuse he allegedly committed in the early 1990s against at least nine consecrated women of the Loyola Community, a Slovian community co-founded by Rupnik and Sister Ivanka Hosta.
According to an official statement from the Society of Jesus, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith received a complaint against the Slovenian priest and requested that a preliminary investigation be launched.
The investigation was carried out by a Dominican religious who heard the testimony of several people.
During the preliminary investigation, precautionary measures were taken against Rupnik, such as the prohibition of “exercising the sacrament of Confession, spiritual direction and giving the Spiritual Exercises,” according to the official statement released by the Society of Jesus on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Italian.
The Provincial of the Jesuits in Slovenia explained that the results of this investigation were delivered to the dicastery of the Holy See but that the Vatican declined in October to carry out a canonical process due to the statute of limitations, the order said. The complaint did not include minors.
Despite this, the precautionary measures imposed during the previous investigation remain in force, but now as “administrative measures.”
Who is Father Marko Rupnik, the Jesuit priest and artist accused of abuse? – Catholic World Report
Who is Father Marko Rupnik, the Jesuit priest and artist accused of abuse? – Catholic World Report
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