[Catholic Caucus] How the Pope’s Man in Washington Is Protecting Monsignor Rossi

The American Spectator ^ | September 22, 2019 | George Neumayr

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[Catholic Caucus] How the Pope’s Man in Washington Is Protecting Monsignor Rossi

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the U.S., is running interference for the corrupt Shrine rector.

The other day I saw a recent photo pop up on Twitter of Monsignor Walter Rossi standing next to a group of friends and allies — Donald Wuerl (the disgraced former archbishop of Washington, D.C.), Callista and Newt Gingrich, and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the pope’s representative in the United States. The last figure interested me the most: Why would the pope’s man in Washington be lending his prestige to a cleric under investigation for corruption by the archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and the diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania? Wouldn’t he want to steer clear of him?

It appears the answer lies in this pontificate’s penchant for riding to the rescue of many corrupt clerics. Rossi, who heads up the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., has enjoyed the patronage of Pierre since the Rossi scandal broke last year. I have been told by insiders in Washington, D.C., that my articles on Rossi precipitated the initial investigation of his misconduct — an investigation one observer described as an utter sham. “Rossi allies around Wuerl just hastily interviewed a few of Rossi’s subordinates at the Shrine, who of course said only positive things about him. They didn’t interview anybody who wasn’t dependent on Rossi for their salary. The investigation was a joke,” he said.

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Pierre’s time in Washington has not been without scandal. In 2017, one of his senior staffers got busted by the State Department for downloading child pornography while working at the nunciature. The State Department requested that Pierre and the Vatican waive immunity for the nabbed priest-diplomat. But they refused and had the diplomat whisked off to Vatican City.

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Ping

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Bad times in the Catholic Church. The hierarchy is inundated with vile homosexuals who are blatant and evil.

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Francis is a Communist.