(ANSA) - Buenos Aires, November 6 - Pope Francis has
stripped of his clerical state an Argentinian priest convicted
of child sex abuse while serving in a church north of Buenos
Aires, San Isidro diocese said Thursday.
Father José Mercau is serving a 14-year prison sentence
after being found guilty of repeated corruption of minors and
aggravated sexual abuse in 2011.
He was reported by several of his victims who lived in a
home for destitute children where he worked.
In December 2013 the bishop of San Isidro, monsignor
Oscar Ojea, apologised publicly for the abuse and called on the
diocesan community to "work together to renew the culture of
assistance to children and adolescents".
Pope strips paedophile priest of clerical state
Father José Mercau serving 14 years for child sex abuse