{"id":30,"date":"2023-09-18T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=30"},"modified":"2023-12-07T21:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:39:34","slug":"pope-francis-expels-borongan-priest-over-sexual-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/pope-francis-expels-borongan-priest-over-sexual-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis expels Borongan priest over sexual abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY LEX MANALO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>POPE Francis has expelled a Filipino priest accused of sexual abuse involving minors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported Sunday that Fr. Pio Aclon of Borongan, Eastern Samar, was dismissed from the priesthood by the Pope.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Diocese of Borongan released a July 18 announcement that stated \u201cNotice is hereby given that the Holy Father Pope Francis has dismissed from the clerical state PIO CULTURA ACLON of the Diocese of Borongan.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>He is, therefore, no longer a cleric and cannot exercise priestly ministry in the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The notice was signed by Fr. James Abella, chancellor of the Diocese.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The CBCP said the advisory was read on Sunday in all parish churches, chaplaincies, and chapels of the Diocese.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Aclon, best known as a Mediatrix devotee, last served at a minor seminary in Borongan before he was suspended from his clerical duties,\u201d the CBCP News said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has been apologizing for the cases of abuse involving priests, and has pledged \u201czero tolerance\u201d to sexual assault by members of the clergy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY LEX MANALO POPE Francis has expelled a Filipino priest accused of sexual abuse involving minors. The Catholic Bishops&rsquo; Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}