In a busy news week, people may have missed the Vatican stating it has concluded the process of gathering information in the case of Father Marko Rupnik, the former Jesuit accused by several women of abusing them when they were adults, from the mid-1980’s until at least the 2010’s.

The case against Rupnik has been taking a long time, especially considering the Vatican had already decided there was a case to answer but declined to prosecute originally, citing the statute of limitations.

Rupnik was expelled from the Jesuit order in 2023 — for “disobedience” rather than for his alleged crimes, which had been declared beyond the statute of limitations — and was subsequently allowed to join a diocese in his native Slovenia and remain a priest in good standing. When people found out about that development there was massive outcry and Francis ordered Rupnik’s case to be reopened and re-examined.