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Like Zanchetta, Peña Parra is an alleged predator of seminarians. In June, Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò revealed that the Venezuelan prelate was accused in 2000 of sexually abusing teenage boys, and that in 1992, he was allegedly linked to "the death of two people ... with evidence of macabre homosexual lewd encounters."

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I’ve no idea if he’s guilty or innocent. One thing I’ve learned in this life is that some charges are true and some are false. But the mere existence of stories like this drive many many people away from church and faith. Even if the accused is innocent. Perhaps this can be addressed - how to encourage or convince people to try to find or keep faith — realizing that human beings can sometimes transgress, but that people shouldn’t judge our Creator by human behavior pro
Or con). Or?