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Pope Francis Laicizes Toledo Priest after Life Sentence for Sexual Abuse of Minors

Mar 19, 2024

Pope Francis has laicized an Ohio priest, Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in Ohio last May. 

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