Two Catholic priests have gone on trial in the Vatican ... Gabriele Martinelli, 28, is accused of sexually assaulting an altar boy between 2007 and 2012. Enrico Radice, 72, is charged with ...
Despite being excommunicated — a punishment not given even to many priests accused of sexual abuse, Tropeano noted — she still wants to be close to the institutional church. The altar rail is "really ...
The abuse took place between 2007 and 2012 in the Pius X Pre-Seminary, which houses altar boys who serve Mass in St Peter's Basilica, sometimes for the pope, and are thinking of becoming priests.