Italian priest faces defrocking for ‘organising orgies on church property’
Claudio Cipolla, Padua’s bishop, said Mr Andrea Contin would lose his role regardless of the outcome of the investigation.
"I am incredulous and pained by the accusations," Mr Cipolla told a press conference, the Local reported.
"Even if, at the end of this affair, there are no legal consequences, we have a duty by canon law to take disciplinary action."
The investigations into Mr Contin began in December after three women came forward making complaints.
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