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Catholics are debating whether to remove paintings by a priest accused of abusing women − but let’s not confuse the artist and the art, writes an art historian

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
Catholics are debating whether to remove paintings by a priest accused of abusing women − but let’s not confuse the artist and the art, writes an art historianLogo of the Catholic Church's Holy Year of Mercy, 2015-2016, which was created by Marko Rupnik, atop a monument in Poland.Aw5 via Wikimedia CommonsMarko Rupnik/ Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, CC BY-NC-SA

Marko Rupnik, a Catholic priest, was expelled from the Jesuit order because he’d allegedly abused women. He was later...

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