Pope Francis has dismissed Robin Vadakkumchery, the Kerala vicar who was last year convicted of raping and impregnating a minor girl and jailed for 20 years, from priesthood. "From now on, he won’t have any priestly rights and duties. He will be known as Robin Vadakkumchery," Fr Jose Kocharakkal, official spokesperson for the Catholic diocese of Mananthavady, said on Sunday. Kocharakkal said Pope Francis expelled Vadakkumchery from the clergy on the basis of a report submitted by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome on December 5. He had been convicted and sentenced by the Thalassery Protection of Children from Sexual Offences court in February 2019.