ROME (AP) — The Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic charitable organization, announced Thursday it will cover up its mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women as a sign of solidarity with victims of abuse.
After studying the issue, the Knights said they would for now place fabric over the mosaics at its shrine in Washington D.C., and at the chapel of its headquarters in New Haven, Conn. A permanent plaster covering “may be in order” depending on the outcome of the Vatican’s investigation into the Rev. Marko Rupnik, the group said in a statement.
