Posted on 08/27/2019 6:12:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
MADRID, Spain - Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera, has urged for the Catholic Church to be investigated over clerical sexual abuse, and he gave his full support to new law that ends the statutes of limitations on abuse cases.
However, when it comes to the allegations made against his uncle, the world’s oldest living bishop, he’s having a hard time believing it.
Archbishop Bernardino Piñera, who served as Archbishop of Serena from 1983-1990 after previously serving as Bishop of Temuco, is being investigated by the Vatican over allegations that he sexually abused a minor 50 years ago. The news was announced by the Holy See’s embassy in Chile on Tuesday.
Soon after, the president said: “As a nephew, I find it hard to believe because I know his behavior, his attitude over a lifetime, and I find it hard to believe a complaint that is made against a man who’s 103 years old today, over an alleged event that occurred 50 years ago.”
Despite his personal disbelief, the president urged that the investigation be continued.
Piñera’s words came during a visit to Temuco, in central Chile. Asked about his uncle, he said that his government’s position is “firm, clear and consistent: Any complaint must be rigorously investigated to verify its likelihood and to clarify the truth, and this case is no exception.”
The Vatican’s announcement only confirmed that Piñera is accused of abusing a minor, but gave no further details about the accusation.
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Statues of limitation exist for good reasons.
Doing away with them to score political points is insane.
It is not insane.
It is evil.
Ordained an auxillary in 1958; Installed as an Ordinary at the beginning of 1961
This is a Papal attack on the traditional flock.
This uncle probably thinks in Latin.
This pope despises Latin Tradition.
Lots of Bishops ordained in the 50’s were happy enough to go off the rails. I wouldn’t bet on him having used Latin since 1967.
I believe he was Archbishop of La Serena a major city. Not Serena, which is a tiny little wide spot in the road with maybe a hundred people.
Anyone else read the book
“The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman” ?
It was intended to be comedy .... hard to keep reading this current stuff after all my Catholic Schooling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troublesome_Offspring_of_Cardinal_Guzman
Peccare is Latin for "to sin." The im- prefix in "impeccable" is a negative.
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