EXPOSE OF EX-NUNCIO ON POPE FRANCIS WITH McCARRICK'S ABUSE

EXPOSE BY EX-NUNCIO ON POPE FRANCIS' FAILURE WITH McCARRICK'S ABUSE

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From the National Catholic Register, Aug. 25, 2018, Edward Pentin

    In a written testimony, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano claims Pope Francis withdrew sanctions against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick.: (excerpts)

    "In and extraordinary 11-page written testament, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States has accused several senior prelates of complicity in covering up Archbishop Theodore McCarrick's allegations of sexual abuse on then-Cardinal McCarrick by Pope Benedict XVI but chose to repeal them.

     Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, 77, who served as apostolic nuncio to Washington DC. from 2011 to 2016, said in the late 2000s, Benedict had "imposed on Cardinal McCarrick sanctions similar to those now imposed on him by Pope Francis" and that Vigano personally told Pope Francis about those sanctions in 2013.

    Archbishop Vigano said in his written statement, simultaneously released to the Register and other media, (See full text below) that Pope Francis "continued to cover" for McCarrick and not only did he "not take into account the sanctions that Pope Benedict has imposed on him" but also made McCarrick "his trusted counselor." Vigano said that the former archbishop of Washington advised the Pope to appoint a number of bishops in the United States, including Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joseph Tobin of Newark. ...

    The second half of Vigano's testimony primarily deals with what Pope Francis knew about McCarrick, and how he acted. He recalled meeting Cardinal McCarrick in June 2013 at the Pope's Domus Sanctae Marthae residence, during which McCarrick told him "in tone somewhere between ambiguous and triumphant: "The Pope received me yesterday; tomorrow I am going to China'" - the implication being that Francis had lifted the travel ban placed on him by Benedict. (Further evidence of this can be seen in this interview McCarrick gave the National Catholic Reporter in 2014)

    At a private meeting a few days later, Archbishop Vigano said the Pope asked him "What is Cardinal McCarrick like?" to which the Archbishop replied: "He corrupted generations of seminarians and priests and Pope Benedict ordered him to withdraw to a life of prayer and penance." The former nuncio said he believes the Pope's purpose in asking him was to "find out if I was an ally of McCarrick or not."

Freed from Constraints:

    He said that it was "clear" that "from the time of Pope Francis's election, McCarrick, now free from all constraints, had felt free to travel continuously, to give lectures and interviews." Moreover, he added, McCarrick had "become the kingmaker for appointments in the Curia and the United States, and the most listened to advisor in the Vatican for relations with the Obama administration."

    Vigano claimed that the appointment of Cardinal Cupich and Cardinal Joseph Tobin to Newark "were orchestrated by McCarrick," among others.  He said neither of the names was presented by the nunciature, whose job is traditionally to present a list of names, or terna, to the Congregation of Bishops. He also added that Bishop Robert McElroy's appointment to San Diego was orchestrated "from above" rather through the nuncio. ...

Memos Ignored:

    But, according to Vigano, his memo was ignored and no action was taken until the late 2,000s - a delay which Archbishop Vigano claims is owed to complicity of John Paul II's and Benedict XVI respective Secretaries of State, Cardinals Angelo Sodano and Tarcisio Bertone.

    In 2008, Archbishop Vigano claims he wrote a second memo, this time to Cardinal Sandri's successor as sostituto at the Secretariat of State, then Archbishop (later Cardinal) Fernando Filoni. He included a summary of research carried out by Richard Sipe, a psychotherapist and specialist in clerical sexual abuse, which Sipe had sent Benedict in the form of a statement. Vigano said ended the memo by "repeating to my superiors that I thought it was necessary as soon as possible by refmoving the cardinal's hat from Cardinal McCarrick."

    Again, according to Vigano, his request fell on deaf ears and he writes he was"greatly dismayed" that both memos were ignored until Sipe's "courageous and meritorious" statement had "the desired result." "He {Pope Francis} knew from at least June 23, 2013 that McCrarrick was a serial predator," Archbishop Vigano stated, but although "he knew that he was a corrupt man, he covered for him to the bitter end." "It was only when he was forced by the report of the abuse of a minor, again on the basis of media attention, that he took action (regarding McCarrick} to save his image in the media," wrote Vigano...The people have the right to know the full truth also regarding their shepherds.... Geo. H. Kub.