Church Militant has learned from reliable sources that Pope Francis has directed Cdl. Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. be spirited out of the United States before Wuerl can be arrested by U.S. federal authorities.
Earlier suspicions were that Wuerl had already left the country but those reports are not true.
As Church Militant has been reporting, the Department of Justice is seriously looking at opening up a RICO investigation against the Catholic Church in the United States, and Wuerl would be one of the prime targets of any such investigation.
According to sources, Pope Francis is afraid that if Wuerl were to be arrested and charged, he would reveal all he knows, and the DOJ case would lead straight back to the Vatican with the looming prospect of international criminality being exposed.
Officials in Rome fear the U.S. federal government might shortly revoke Wuerl's U.S. passport preventing him from leaving the country, and as a result, they are trying to sneak him out of the nation under Vatican diplomatic secrecy.
Wuerl has apparently gone underground, and sources confirm with Church Militant, that it is the Vatican attempting to orchestrate his escape out of the United States.
Church Militant sources in D.C. confirm that Wuerl has completely gone off the grid — his cell phone has been shut off, he has not been in his private apartment for a number of days, all public appearances have been canceled and he has not even shown up for the weekly private confessions he offers for his priests.
Insiders believe he is holed up in a hotel in the greater D.C. metropolitan area while final plans for sneaking him out of the U.S. are executed.
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kazza64 ago
i heard on the radio today in australia that catholic priests do not have to report sexual abuse of children revealed in confession to the authorities
Vindicator ago
Correct. In fact, if they do violate the confidentiality of the sacrament, it is a grave sin and I believe grounds for their excommunication and dismissal from the priesthood. Just like attorney client privelege, which in fact stems from the much older canon law requiring confessor confidentiality.
One of the shitty things the pedos do is find the highest ranking confessor they can and confess to him, binding him to silence so they can go about their merry ways. Disgusting.
kazza64 ago
when you train to work in welfare/counselling in australia it is made very very clear that mandatory reporting is a part of your job this goes against the law