Pope in hot water, these are very serious allegations by a senior member of the Catholic Church http://jrnl.ie/4202177
A former ambassador to the Vatican has accused Pope Francis of ignoring sexual abuse claims against prominent US cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was forced to resign last month.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano said that he had told Francis, who is currently visiting Ireland, of the allegations in 2013, but that the pontiff instead lifted sanctions imposed on McCarrick by predecessor Pope Benedict.
Vigano's eleven-page letter was published simultaneously on Saturday in several conservative Catholic publications in the US.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-vatican-official-accuses-pope-ignoring-abuse-claims-095630467.html
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Factfinder2 ago
Extremely significant: Vigano implies that two Vatican representatives in the U.S. who blew the whistle on Carrick to church authorities were killed as a result:
From Vigano's letter:
"...the Apostolic Nuncios in the United States, Gabriel Montalvo and Pietro Sambi, both prematurely deceased, did not fail to inform the Holy See immediately, as soon as they learned of Archbishop McCarrick’s gravely immoral behavior with seminarians and priests."
Mad_As_Hell ago
Wow, this guy isn't messing about