Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Excommunicated - or Not?

LifeSiteNews and others reported that "Cardinal Alfonso Llopez Trujillo announced Tuesday that the Colombian Catholic Church has excommunicated all persons involved in obtaining an abortion for an 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant after she was raped."

This seems to have come from a report in the Manila Bulletin Online.

Yet an AP report on Forbes states:
A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate.

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo denied saying that the Vatican will excommunicate the doctors who performed Colombia's first legal abortion on an 11-year old girl allegedly raped by her stepfather.

So the question remains - were all, including the judges, politicians and legislators involved in the decision, as well as the doctors, nurses and the girl’s parents excommunicated, or not?

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