Posted on 10/05/2019 7:09:23 PM PDT by ebb tide
It's little wonder Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò is in hiding for fear of his life.
In the run-up to the Amazon Synod, the former Vatican U.S. ambassador-turned-whistleblower is casting a long shadow over Rome, as his extensive accusations about the darkness within these walls continues to be proven true.
Just recently, the pope requested the indictment of Fr. Gabriele Martinelli, accused of sexually assaulting seminarians at the Pope Pius X Pre-Seminary, which trains the pope's altar boys.
The request came after years of inaction by Francis, prompted finally to act only after Viganò exposed the cover-up of the Martinelli case.
Another cover-up, more disturbing, involves the third-most powerful man in Rome: Bp. Edgar Peña Parra, appointed by the pontiff last fall to help lead the Vatican Secretariat of State.
In June, Viganò told The Washington Post that he's seen with his own eyes official Church documentation linking Parra to the deaths of two men in Venezuela in 1992.
The deaths from electrocution occurred on the island of San Carlos in Lake Maracaibo in northern Venezuela, and according to the Church documents Vigano read, he says, "[T]he two corpses were found naked, with evidence of macabre homosexual lewd encounters."
Moreover, Parra has a long history of accusations of homosexual predation, which Francis just ignored.
Among them, the seduction of two seminarians in September 1990 in Maracaibo — an account investigated and confirmed in writing by the seminary rector.
According to Viganò, the Vatican has in its possession a 25-page dossier detailing Parra's alleged crimes.
While Vatican officials have waved off Viganò's claims as simply attacks on the pope, they've never denied the existence of the allegations, nor have they addressed why Parra was promoted in spite of them.
It’s pretty obvious that the Pope promotes people BECAUSE of their predatory behavior, not “despite” the behavior.
I believe the faithful would benefit from the truth and perhaps be able to encourage reform.
BUT, the fuel it would give to the enemies of the Church could be very devastating.
The truth needs to always come out. Don't worry about enemies; the Catholic Church has always had enemies (beginning with Satan) and always will, but none have seen victory.
This makes me wonder what Francis has on those he's promoted here in the US, for example, Cupich, McElroy, Gregory, the bad Tobin, Farrell, etc.
God will find the right time.
Why do we have a conviction that every word from Vigano is the truth? Even if he’s honest, much of his info is hearsay, second or third hand, conclusions from scraps of info, or even gossip.
Archbishop Vigano was the former U.S. papal nuncio, so I think he has a little more info than you and your petty comments about hearsay, etc. Frankly, I'm getting tired of your deliberate attempts to hide the truth.
Hide the truth? That’s funny.
Because each and every of his charges have been backed up by real evidence.
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