Pope Francis has defrocked, or laicized, a former Eagle Butte priest who was convicted last year after admitting to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl inside the Rapid City cathedral.
According to a report in the West River Catholic, John Praveen was laicized in March. At that time, he was removed from the clerical state and no longer allowed to function or present himself as a priest. The 40…
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