Former Jesuit Marko Rupnik, Author Centroaletti (CC BY-SA 4.0 International)
Gloria Branciani first accused the Catholic priest, Marko Rupnik, of adult clergy abuse as long ago as 1993 [1]. Some 20 women (most of them nuns, members of the Loyola Community, a now defunct religious group Rupnik co-founded) have made the same accusation against him.
Clergy abuse is the misuse of religious authority to harass, exploit, or engage in sexual activity with victims [2].
Branciani described Rupnik’s emotional, psychological, and spiritual manipulation at a recent news conference. Evidently, Rupnik’s sexual proclivities included a partiality for threesomes which he likened to the Trinity — a comparison simultaneously blasphemous and narcissistic.
Though complaints have now been ongoing for decades, the Catholic Church has yet to remove Rupnik from the priesthood.
Background
Rupnik is a famous artist in Catholic Church circles [3A]. His mosaics decorate sanctuaries and shrines worldwide. That may be why the church turned a blind eye to his abuse. Continue reading
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