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He was also excommunicated for absolving a sexual accomplice in confession, but the penalty was swiftly revoked, an incident which sparked speculation of direct involvement by Pope Francis.

Those perverted Jesuits sure do take care of each other.

It is inconceivable that Pope Francis was not informed by the prefect, Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer, of the status of the conviction of Father Rupnik, or his petition to be absolved from his excommunication, unless Father Rupnik had succeeded in bypassing the congregation and obtaining directly from Francis absolution from his declared excommunication.

Given the celerity with which Father Rupnik obtained the absolution from his excommunication, it is entirely possible that he simply approached Pope Francis directly and had his request mercifully granted without any further ado.

Canonical Questions Over Father Rupnik’s Excommunication and Its Lifting

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Ya gotta be pretty damn bad to be “expelled from the Jesuit Order.”