The Archdiocese of Las Vegas released a letter in early March saying that Father Kotas was laicized by Pope Francis with no possibility of appeal, but Kotas in a personal video claims that he was laicized because he warned the public about the pedophile clergy that is lurking to sexually assault unsuspecting children attending parishes and places of religious worship.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
March 24, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada - On March 1st, the Archdiocese of Las Vegas posted a one page letter in English and another in Spanish to announced that Catholic Pope Francis has decided to laicized (remove from priesthood, including all privileges) Father Adam F. Kotas, 39, and Kotas was also prohibited from appealing Pope Francis's decision. The letter about Kotas's laicization from Archbishop George Leo Thomas didn't include any reference (reasons) why Kotas was laicized by Pope Francis. (Letter post link: https://www.lvcatholic.org/news/letter-regarding-mr-adam-kotas)
But, Kotas in a personal video in social media (TikToK, Facebook and YouTube) says, that he was laicized for simply warning the public about the pedophile clergy lurking to sexually assault children in parishes and places of religious worship. He told his social media followers to protect their unsuspecting children from the pedophile clergy, which apparently the Roman Catholic Church clergy at Vatican City didn't like to be exposed due to its mishandling of hundreds of pedophile priest cases and multimillion settlement lawsuits with victims who were sexually assaulted by pedophile Catholic priests. (Kotas video: https://youtu.be/uZAPZ6PD09A)
Kotas Facebook page has more than 3.7M followers and is popular priest in Las Vegas for his candid and comical (humor) way to preach in his Adam Kotas ministries media. Follow Kotas on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamkotass
The March 1, 2024 Archdiocese of Las Vegas posted letter says, "The Archdiocese of Las Vegas has received notification from the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California of the involuntary laicization of Mr. Adam Kotas, formerly of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, who briefly served in Las Vegas. This process was handled through the Diocese of Santa Rosa, where Mr. Kotas was incardinated as a priest. This laicization was approved by His Holiness, Pope Francis (in December 2023) and has no possibility of appeal."
"Laicization means that all rights and privileges associated with the priesthood have been removed, and that the individual has returned to the lay state. Although the Sacrament of Holy Orders imprints an indelible character on the soul of the priest which empowers him to administer the sacraments, the laicized priest is prohibited from celebrating Mass or the other sacraments.
"Moreover, Mr. Kotas is prohibited from using the title "Father" (referring to a Catholic priest) or wearing clerical attire.
"Adam Kotas is no longer a priest in the Catholic Church.
"All sacraments celebrated by Mr. Kotas in the "Polish National Church" are presumed tobe either invalid or illicit by the Catholic Church, and anything done by Mr. Kotas following his laicization are considered invalid or ilicit by the Catholic Church."
Bishop Robert F. Vasa's statement regarding Kotas dated 9/10/2021: https://srdiocese.org/news/kotas
Kotas official website: https://adamkotas.com/
Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA)
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