Rome (ChurchMilitant.com) - Vatican watchers are scratching their heads after the Holy See delivered a slap on the wrist to an accused predator prelate.
On March 16, a five-judge panel of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) found Guam Abp. Anthony Apuron guilty of certain unspecified abuses.
The CDF removed Apuron from his office as archbishop and ordered him not to return to Guam — a mild rebuke amounting to early retirement.
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