http://fortune.com/2018/08/26/vigano-letter-allegations-pope-francis-knew-of-abuse/
http://Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former Vatican diplomat in Washington, alleges in a letter published Sunday that Pope Francis knew about the sexual abuse committed by a top American clergyman years before he was publicly disgraced.
The allegations come just days after Francis denounced the Church’s history of abuse in a letter to all Catholics. The letter was published during Francis’s trip to Ireland, the same day he again addressed victims of abuse and said “I beg the Lord’s forgiveness for these sins.”
In a 11-page personal testimony, Viganò, a longtime critic of Francis, asserts several top Vatican officials (including Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI) knew of the abuses committed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, a former archbishop of Washington, D.C., but allowed him to continue in his religious practice.
The whole document is worth reading. The assertion that BOTH living Popes knew about it and allowed it to continue is really big and obviously disgusting.
For those who haven't been following the latest scandal, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/14/us/pennsylvania-catholic-church-grand-jury/index.html this is a decent overview
http://Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former Vatican diplomat in Washington, alleges in a letter published Sunday that Pope Francis knew about the sexual abuse committed by a top American clergyman years before he was publicly disgraced.
The allegations come just days after Francis denounced the Church’s history of abuse in a letter to all Catholics. The letter was published during Francis’s trip to Ireland, the same day he again addressed victims of abuse and said “I beg the Lord’s forgiveness for these sins.”
In a 11-page personal testimony, Viganò, a longtime critic of Francis, asserts several top Vatican officials (including Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI) knew of the abuses committed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, a former archbishop of Washington, D.C., but allowed him to continue in his religious practice.
The whole document is worth reading. The assertion that BOTH living Popes knew about it and allowed it to continue is really big and obviously disgusting.
For those who haven't been following the latest scandal, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/14/us/pennsylvania-catholic-church-grand-jury/index.html this is a decent overview