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Related: About this forumJesuit Pope Francis is Coming Out; Backsliding on Pedophile Crackdown, Catholic Official Says
https://christiantruther.com/exposed/jesuit-pope-francis-coming-backsliding-pedophile-crackdown-catholic-official-says/Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, has rescinded his policies regarding the crack down on pedophilia, Catholic officials claim. In fact, the last abuse survivor of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors recently left the commission, citing resistance coming from Vatican offices against implementing recommendations.
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According to Sullivan, it is a very dangerous time, he cites both the resignation of Marie Collins, and the resistance from the Church to curb pedophilia. Together these two developments paint a picture of the Vatican establishment, its bureaucrats, and courtiers, doing all they can to either undermine the Pope or driving an agenda that is about maintaining the status quo and protecting the institution.
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The Jesuit is coming out.
Before Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis, he was potentially involved in at least five abuse cases. The following comes from Bishop-Accountability:
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Fr. Julio César Grassi
Grassi was convicted in 2009 of molesting a boy who had lived in a home for street children that Grassi founded. After Grassis conviction, Bergoglio commissioned a secret study to persuade Supreme Court judges of Grassis innocence. Bergoglios intervention is believed to be at least part of the reason that Grassi remained free for more than four years following his conviction. He finally was sent to jail in September 2013. See our detailed summary of the Grassi case with links to articles.
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Fr. Rubén Pardo
In 2003, a priest with AIDS who had admitted to his bishop that he had sexually assaulted a boy was discovered to be hiding from law enforcement in a vicarage in the archdiocese of Buenos Aires, then headed by Bergoglio. Pardo also was reportedly hearing childrens confessions and teaching in a nearby school. One of Bergoglios auxiliary bishops, with whom he met every two weeks, appears to have lived at the vicarage at the same time. Typically, an ordinary must give permission for a priest to live and work in his diocese. It is unlikely that Pardo lived and ministered in Buenos Aires without Bergoglios approval. See our detailed summary of the Pardo case.
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Brother Fernando Enrique Picciochi, S.M.
After a victim discovered that his abuser had fled Argentina to the US, eluding law enforcement, the victim sought Bergoglios help in getting released from the confidentiality order imposed by the clerics religious order. He conveyed his request in meetings with Bergoglios private secretary and with the auxiliary bishop, current archbishop Mario Poli. The archdiocese would not help. See our detailed summary of the Picciochi case.
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Rev. Mario Napoleon Sasso
In 2001, following a diagnosis as a pedophile at a church-run treatment center, Sasso was made pastor of a very poor parish with a community soup kitchen in the Zárate-Campana diocese. In 2002-2003, he sexually assaulted at least five little girls in his bedroom off the soup kitchen. In 2006, with Sasso in jail but not yet convicted, the parents of the little girls reportedly sought Bergoglios help. Bergoglio was then president of the Argentine bishops conference, and the soup kitchen was just 25 miles from the Buenos Aires archdiocese. Bergoglio would not meet with them. See our detailed summary of the Sasso case.
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Rev. Carlos Maria Gauna
Gauna was an archdiocesan priest under Bergoglios direct supervision. In 2001, two girls at a school filed a criminal complaint saying Gauna had touched them inappropriately. Bergoglio reportedly was going to look into it. Gauna still works in the Buenos Aires archdiocese. Notably, hes now a deacon and a hospital chaplain possible indicators that Bergoglio considered the allegations credible but decided to demote him rather than remove him from ministry. See our detailed summary of the Gauna case.
It is no wonder that Pope Francis is backsliding on pedophilia because he himself could be involved in some of the scandals listed above.
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