Priest forced to resign after caught having sex with member's wife

Rev. Father Vito Isacchi,

An Italian Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Vito Isacchi, has been forced to resign after he was caught sleeping with a church member’s wife.
The 45-year-old priest tendered his resignation in the archdiocese of L’Aquila on Tuesday after Corte d’Appello di L’Aquila’s ruling on the matter was made public.

Lawyers of the woman’s husband have urged the church to take further action against Father Isacchi who they say has violated canon law and his vow of celibacy.

The court ordered his alleged lover to pay her estranged husband 15,000 euros for the depression he suffered over their affair.

According to the Telegraph UK, the court gave the ruling after a five-year trial of the priest.

Father Isacchi expressed regret over the incident, he said he had repented for his actions but resigned in a letter to the local archbishop, Monsignor Giuseppe Petrocchi.

L’Aquila diocese in a statement said,

“Don Vito recognizes his moral responsibility and asks forgiveness for the upset and suffering caused to the religious and social community.
“In particular he has indicated he intends to reject the payment specified by the sentence.”

After the news of the scandal broke, father Isacchi who came from the northern city of Bergamo and was transferred from his Rome parish to l’Aquila, 70 miles from the capital, in 2010.

The court sentence was issued a year ago and made final six months ago but just came to light this week.