Witness in Marko Rupnik trial details allegations of sexual and psychological abuse

Witness in Marko Rupnik trial details allegations of sexual and psychological abuse

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A former nun in Slovenia, one of five witnesses in the sex abuse trial of the Rev. Marko Rupnik, an ex-Jesuit priest and artist, recently detailed what she claims was sexual and psychological abuse that Rupnik subjected her to for years. The woman, who spoke to Religion News Service on the condition that she would be identified as Klara, belonged to the Loyola community of Mengeš, which Rupnik co-founded. The allegations aga…

The Vatican has been conducting a closed-door trial against artist and priest Marko Rupnik, who has been accused of sexual and spiritual abuse by several nuns, for more than a year and a half. The Jesuits who expelled Rupnik from the order have apologized to the victims.

Jesuit General on Rupnik: ‘We’ve learned from our mistakes’

In a conversation with the press earlier this week, the Venezuelan Jesuit superior general, Fr Arturo Sosa, acknowledged that his order had been “blind” to abuses committed by Rupnik, the renowned artist and Catholic priest expelled from the Society nearly two years ago. The notorious case of Fr Marko Rupnik, who is accused of abusing more than 30 adult women, “is not an easy case to speak about, because it caused a lot of pain, for the victims f