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Pope Francis Defrocks Priest Fernando Karadima, A Notorious Abuser In Chile

Karadima has been the face of the church's sex abuse scandal in Chile. In 2011, a Vatican tribunal found him guilty of sexually abusing dozens of minors.
Pope Francis has removed Rev. Fernando Karadima from the priesthood, seven years after the Vatican found that Karadima had sexually abused minors in Chile.

Pope Francis has defrocked notorious Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, making what the Vatican calls an "exceptional" decision based on his own conscience and concern for the good of

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