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The Vatican removing Franciscan Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore from office last week, following years of alleged sexual misconduct and financial fraud, has shocked Catholics in Pakistan's most populous Catholic archdiocese.Cardinal Zuppi: Forgiveness and justice are the path to peaceof Lahore from office last week, following years of alleged sexual misconduct and financial fraud, has shocked Catholics in Pakistan's most populous Catholic archdiocese.
Many in the archdiocese are in disbelief and embarrassed over the allegations of Shaw’s blatant abuse of power, which some would dismiss as rumors. Some archdiocesan Catholics, however, have publicly admitted to complaining to the nuncio about Shaw ignoring the Church's financial committees to sell archdiocesan land and diverting money.
It looks like the whole Church system worked to shield Shaw and continues to do so. When the rector of the Sacred Heart Cathedral read out the Vatican decision to remove Shaw during Sunday Mass on Aug. 18, the Facebook page of Catholic TV Pakistan decided not to broadcast the Mass live, which was a regular feature of the diocesan channel.
Catholics in Pakistan now understand that both parties — the Vatican and Shaw — agreed that Shaw has committed crimes unbecoming of an archbishop and that Shaw must move out. They also know that both parties agreed to keep Catholics blinded to the crimes, making them a distant third party in the Church.. Non-Catholic Christians, who once believed that the Catholic Church was well organized and free from financial corruption, are now questioning its integrity.
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