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Eugene

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Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:06 PM Jan 2019

Ex-deputy to Argentine bishop says Vatican knew of misdeeds

Source: Associated Press

Ex-deputy to Argentine bishop says Vatican knew of misdeeds

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA, NATACHA PISARENKO and NICOLE WINFIELD
January 20, 2019

ORAN, Argentina (AP) — The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies, exhibited “obscene” behavior and had been accused of misconduct with seminarians, his former vicar general told The Associated Press, undermining Vatican claims that allegations of sexual abuse were only made a few months ago.

Francis accepted Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta’s resignation in August 2017, after priests in the remote northern Argentine diocese of Oran complained about his authoritarian rule and a former vicar, seminary rector and another prelate provided reports to the Vatican alleging abuses of power, inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment of adult seminarians, said the former vicar, the Rev. Juan Jose Manzano.

The scandal over Zanchetta, 54, is the latest to implicate Francis as he and the Catholic hierarchy as a whole face an unprecedented crisis of confidence over their mishandling of cases of clergy sexual abuse of minors and misconduct with adults. Francis has summoned church leaders to a summit next month to chart the course forward for the universal church, but his own actions in individual cases are increasingly in the spotlight.

The pope’s decision to allow Zanchetta to resign quietly, and then promote him to a new No. 2 position in one of the Vatican’s most sensitive offices, has raised questions again about whether Francis turned a blind eye to the misconduct of his allies or dismissed allegations against them as ideological attacks.

Manzano, Zanchetta’s onetime vicar general, or top deputy, said he was one of the diocesan officials who raised the alarm about his boss in 2015 and sent the digital selfies to the Vatican.

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Ex-deputy to Argentine bishop says Vatican knew of misdeeds (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP
They knew George Pell had raped a 12yr old boy for at least 16 years Major Nikon Jan 2019 #1

Major Nikon

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1. They knew George Pell had raped a 12yr old boy for at least 16 years
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:40 PM
Jan 2019

He was the #3 man in the Vatican right up to his conviction last month.

Anyone who thinks this pope is any different than the ones before is deluding themselves.

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