Why doesn't he deserve the harshest punishment? You can get excommunicated by bumping the Pope like a Manager might bump an Umpire. Here's a guy who was bump'n and grind'n with young seminarians. Hardly seems right to do anything 'sides excommunicate the creep.
First, more facts will come down on this as the weeks go on. I am under the impression that even the order wasn't fully aware of whats was going to happen. Especially from comments that a spokesman said to the Catholic News Agency yesterday. From the limited news I have seen, it appears that he doesn't exactly have all his mental faculties together. Thus there is no trial going to happen. It appears the that the Vatican however felt there was some substance to these charges. However its hard to excommunicate a guy if he is not all there mentally. Again pretty much all we have is this statement and the off the record comments made by a Cardinal to a reporter yesterday. That being said we don't excommunicate rapist etc. So I really don't see how a Priest would be excommunicated and cut off from the sacraments in a similar sexual crime or misconduct situation. Plus in the end if he doesn't confess it and seek reconciliation from God he is in effect excommunicated for eternity so whats the point. Of course we are assuming this all happened, which I guess in the end only God , Marcial, and the alleged victims know. But it doesn't look good.
Just for clarification, I keep calling this a religious order. In reality its a reigious congregation
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Your ignorance is showing