March 21, 2024 / 02:22 PM
The Buenos Aires Interdiocesan Court in Argentina issued a ruling in the case of priest Manuel Fernando Pascual – guilty of repeatedly abusing two nuns in the space of four years, which resulted in him being sentenced to 12 years in prison – in which it is indicated that he has been expelled from the clerical state and excommunicated, a decision that the priest has appealed.
“On Monday, March 18, 2024, the Buenos Aires Ecclesiastical Court, delegated by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a first instance ruling regarding Fr. Manuel Pascual,” says a statement from the Institutional Communication Office of the Archbishopric of Buenos Aires.
The text explains that the sentence consists of “the penalty of expulsion from the clerical state, for the crime contained in canon 1387 (CIC 83) and Protection of the sanctity of the sacraments article 4 paragraph 1 4th”.