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| Chile abuse priest Fernando Karadima removed by Vatican | Chile abuse priest Fernando Karadima removed by Vatican |
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| Pope Francis has removed the priest at the centre of Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal. | Pope Francis has removed the priest at the centre of Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal. |
| In a statement, the Vatican said the pontiff had defrocked Fernando Karadima for "the good of the Church." | In a statement, the Vatican said the pontiff had defrocked Fernando Karadima for "the good of the Church." |
| The 88-year-old former priest had previously been sanctioned to a lifetime of "penance and prayer" for having sexually abused minors. | The 88-year-old former priest had previously been sanctioned to a lifetime of "penance and prayer" for having sexually abused minors. |
| In June, the Pope accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops in the wake of the scandal. | In June, the Pope accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops in the wake of the scandal. |
| They included the controversial Juan Barros who was accused of covering up sexual abuse committed by Karadima in the 1980s and 1990s. | |
| The resignations came as two Vatican envoys travelled to Chile to investigate the claims and advise dioceses how to respond. | |
| Police and prosecutors in Chile also raided offices and seized documents from the Catholic Church in the capital Santiago and in the city of Rancagua. | |
| Karadima was found guilty of abusing teenage boys over many years in a Vatican investigation in 2011. He was not removed from the Vatican at that time and denies wrongdoing. | |
| He was not subject to a criminal prosecution in Chile because of the country's statue of limitations and is believed to be living in a care home in Santiago. |