Did the Church also excommunicate the rapist?
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No, they didn't. From the second link:
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the Church has not taken formal steps against the stepfather, who is in custody. Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, the conservative regional archbishop for Pernambuco where the girl was rushed to hospital, has said that the man would not be thrown out of the Church, because although he had allegedly committed "a heinous crime", the Church took the view that "the abortion, the elimination of an innocent life, was more serious".
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That last quote has me intrigued. Does the Church excommunicate all people who take innocent lives, or do regular run-of-the-mill murderers escape that fate?