Posted on 06/30/2022 2:46:46 PM PDT by ebb tide
VATICAN CITY — The contrasting recent handling by the Vatican of two bishops has highlighted concerns about discrepancies in the disciplining of bishops, with no explanation available why one of the two bishop was dismissed while the other has been allowed to remain in office.
The two cases involve Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, whom Francis relieved from his episcopal duties in March, and Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, who has not been sanctioned despite an array of allegations including the mishandling of a case of sexual misconduct by a diocesan seminarian.
“The treatment of such cases has seemed quite arbitrary to me,” one cardinal told the Register on condition of anonymity, adding that this approach raises “serious and justifiable questions.”
The Vatican did not give a reason for dismissing 57-year-old Bishop Fernández, who in a March 9 declaration protested against the decision, calling it “totally unjust.”
“No process has been made against me, nor have I been formally accused of anything and simply one day the apostolic delegate [the pope’s representative in Puerto Rico] verbally communicated to me that Rome was asking me to resign,” Bishop Fernández said. “A successor of the apostles is now being replaced without even undertaking what would be a due canonical process to remove a parish priest.”
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In contrast to the severe disciplinary action undertaken against Bishop Fernández, Bishop Stika’s case has not prompted a similar Vatican intervention, even though it involves a range of serious allegations.
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