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Pope Francis Denies Knowing of Allegations Against McCarrick
The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 5/28/19 | Junno Arocho Esteves

Posted on 05/28/2019 6:31:51 PM PDT by marshmallow

'I knew nothing, obviously, of McCarrick. Nothing, nothing'

Nearly a year later, Pope Francis denied claims made by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States who accused him and other church officials of failing to act on accusations of abuse of conscience and power by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

“I knew nothing, obviously, of McCarrick. Nothing, nothing. I said several times that I didn’t know, that I had no idea,” the Pope said in an interview with Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki published by Vatican News May 28. “You know that I didn’t know anything about McCarrick; otherwise, I would not have stayed quiet.”

In an open letter first published in August, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who served as nuncio to the United States from 2011 to 2016, claimed he told the Pope of the allegations in 2013.

The Pope, who was in Dublin for the World Meeting of Families at the time, refused to comment directly on the allegations and told reporters to “read that statement attentively and make your own judgment.”

The Pope told Alazraki that response was “an act of faith” in people reading the document. “Maybe when a bit of time has passed, I’ll talk about it,” he had said on his return flight to Rome.

At the time, he said, he had not read Archbishop Vigano’s entire letter and decided to “trust in the honesty of journalists” and asked them to make their own conclusions.

Pope Francis said the reporting on inconsistencies in Archbishop Vigano’s testimony “was very good, it was better than me explaining to defend myself. (Journalists) judged with the proof they had in their hands.”

Another reason for remaining silent, he said, was to try to imitate the approach Jesus took on Good Friday, where in the face of “a climate of.......

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1 posted on 05/28/2019 6:31:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
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I call Bullshit BS
2 posted on 05/28/2019 6:34:38 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: marshmallow

I will take him at his word, but I also want him to step down. He’s let his political views cloud his spirituality, and that is a recipe for disaster.


3 posted on 05/28/2019 6:35:01 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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4 posted on 05/28/2019 6:35:59 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: marshmallow

Tell him McCarrick publicly promoted borders for the US. He’ll come-to.


5 posted on 05/28/2019 6:36:00 PM PDT by stanne
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6 posted on 05/28/2019 6:37:01 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: marshmallow

Ah, the Hillary defense. “I don’t know”, “I can’t remember”.


7 posted on 05/28/2019 6:38:08 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOTI'm WEAR THE RIBBON8)
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To: Rastus

(...beat me by a minute...)


8 posted on 05/28/2019 6:38:40 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: marshmallow

Does this sound like thou dost protest too much?


9 posted on 05/28/2019 6:58:17 PM PDT by Marchmain (Peace)
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EXCLUSIVE: Abp Viganò says Pope is lying in latest denial about McCarrick
10 posted on 05/28/2019 7:37:31 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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To: marshmallow

This is nonsense. He would have to know about it.


11 posted on 05/28/2019 7:48:39 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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