An alleged victim of Slovenian Jesuit artist Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik detailed on Sunday the sexual, psychological, and spiritual abuse she said she suffered as a religious sister, in a new interview with Italian media. Allegations against the Jesuit priest have become a point of scandal in the Church, after Rupnik was accused of serially abusing Slovenian consecrated women in the s and s. The controversy escalated last week after the Associated Press confirmed that at the end of a process which began in , the dicastery declared Rupnik excommunicated.
The excommunication was quickly lifted, according to Jesuit superior general, Fr Arturo Sosa. But while the process was underway, according to the Society of Jesus, Rupnik was nevertheless asked in March to preach a Lenten spiritual reflection in the Apostolic Palace for officials of the Roman curia.
The Italian website Messa in Latino first raised on Dec. The Pilla r has independently confirmed the identity of the victim, which has been withheld to protect her privacy. Below is the English translation of the Dec.
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As Domani has reported in recent days, Rupnik, a world-renowned theologian and artist, is now at the center of a scandal based on accusations that he abused several religious sisters. You're our business plan! When did you meet Marko Rupnik? In , when I was 21 years old and attending medical school. I was thinking of going off as a missionary after graduation and I felt the need to grow in my faith. Rupnik was ten years older than me and in his first year of priesthood; I felt at ease with him, and he immediately became my spiritual guide.
