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VENICE – «With supreme and final decision French Pope Reduced fr Massimiliano D’Antiga, former parish priest of San Zulian and administrator of San Salvador ». This is the conclusion of a story that lasted years and began with Don Massimiliano’s refusal to obey the transfer that had led to “repeated and serious violations of canon law against ecclesial communion,” according to a note from the Patriarchate of Venice released today, December 11.
Don D’Antiga had been asked to be choral chaplain of the Basilica of San Marco “for which he himself, on several occasions, previously said that he was gifted; He would also have continued to follow, as he was immediately informed, the group of parents “with a son in heaven”, in the same church of San Zulian, 100 meters from the Basilica, where they usually meet; thus allowing the necessary pastoral reorganization of the area, with which three parishes and two rectories were entrusted to a single pastor assisted by help.
The disobedience was followed by the delivery to Don Massimiliano of a precept that asked him to spend a period of 3 months in a priestly community in a religious house, not far from Venice, where he would have enjoyed competent psychological and spiritual help, therefore that, having found the necessary serenity, he could return. Meanwhile, the Venice Prosecutor’s Office focused on the “crow”, author of the poster in support of d’Antiga, which he signed himself. fra Tino, for which a friend and collaborator of the priest was identified.
“The Congregation for the Clergy has recognized the existence of behaviors of” incitement to rivalry, hatred and disobedience “,” illegitimate damage to good reputation “,” abuse of ecclesiastical power “, and the failure to observe the” duty to always preserve communion with the Church “, the” duty of clerics to lead a simple life detached from property “and” the obligation to refrain from what is inconvenient and alien to the clerical state “, with the” special gravity “that implies” The need to prevent or repair scandals “, so it has decided to raise the issue with Supreme Pontiff for the final decision. “
Who expressed himself by the reduction to the lay state of the priest.
Last update: December 12 at 08:47
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