Vatican defrocks ex-ambassador in sex abuse case

By Nicole Winfield

Published June 27, 2014 7:40pm ET

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Vatican defrocks ex-ambassador in sex abuse case — FILE - This March 15, 2013 file photo shows Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Wesolowski has been convicted by a church tribunal of sex abuse and has been defrocked, the first such sentence handed down against a top papal representative, the Vatican said Friday, June 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz, File) | Manuel Diaz

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has defrocked its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic for sexually abusing boys. It’s the first time a top papal envoy has been convicted of the crime and signals that Pope Francis is serious about imposing “zero tolerance” for abuse, regardless of rank.

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