Two Archdiocese of Omaha priests have received ecclesiastical penalties after having been found guilty by the church of sexual abuse of minors.
Alfred J. Salanitro, 54, has been dismissed from the clerical state, and Franklin A. Dvorak, 69, was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance.
Salanitro was accused of sexually abuse in 2011 by a Carter Lake, Iowa, man who came forward with allegations dating to 1991, beginning when the man was 11 years old. Salanitro was associate pastor of Holy Cross Parish at the time.
Archbishop George Lucas and an 11-member board of childcare experts, law enforcement officials, attorneys, clergy and mental health professionals determined the evidence against Salanitro met the church's minimum standard for a credible allegation.
The case was forwarded to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, which directed Lucas to deal with the matter through an administrative penal process. Ultimately, Lucas determined Salanitro was guilty and dismissed him from priesthood, which means he's prohibited from all priestly functions and ministries and can never agains serve as a priest anywhere in the church.
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