He Holy Father Francis received this morning in private audience to the metropolitan archbishop of Santo Domingo, Monsignor Francisco Ozoria Acostawho just twelve days ago was removed from all authority in economic, patrimonial and clergy management matters by decision of the Holy See.
He daily newsletter of the Vatican includes the audience along with others two people:
BE Bishop Filippo IannoneO. Carm., prefect of the Dicaster for the Bishops.
The teacher Katharina Westerhorstmann, moral theologian of the Franciscan University of Steubenville (Gaming headquarters, Austria).
What is the current situation of the government in the archdiocese of Santo Domingo?
The visit of Ozoria Acosta to the Dad It occurs in a delicate context: on November 10, he took office as coadjutor archbishop Mgr Carlos Tomás Morel Diplanwith “exclusive special powers” that suspend the holder in the financial-economic and clerical government fields.
own Ozoriain public letter on November 12, interpreted the measure as a practical dismissal of his executive functions: «According to the Apostolic Letters, I am suspended for maladministration, that is how it must be understood. “I was never reprimanded or warned.”
Although he retains the title of metropolitan archbishop and Primate of America, Monsignor Ozoria (74 years old) is reduced to essentially pastoral and liturgical functionswhile the curate assumes the effective government of the oldest archdiocese on the American continent.
The Holy See has not offered official explanations about the reasons for the interventioncommon in cases of alleged administrative irregularities or to guarantee financial transparency. The audience of this Saturday could have served for the Dad will listen directly to the version of the Dominican prelate or to close the transition process.
