But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.Genesis 13:13
"Catholic pundits are arguing over whether or not Archbishop Viganò was vindicated by revelations by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo about sanctions placed on the sexually abusive then-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Figueiredo, once McCarrick’s personal secretary, published an eleven-page statement including correspondence from the disgraced now laicized cleric, showing that Church leaders knew about Pope Benedict’s sanctions on McCarrick but did not enforce them.
One of those leaders was the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Donald Wuerl. This tallies with Viganò’s 2018 statement that many Church leaders, including Wuerl, knew of the sanctions.
Figueiredo’s testimony appeared at the same time the wider world was introduced to a Spanish-language interview with Pope Francis in which the pontiff denied ever knowing of McCarrick’s sexual
misconduct with seminarians. In his testimony, Viganò stated that he had told the Argentinian pontiff about it himself.
John Zmirak, a frequent contributor to The Stream, told LifeSiteNews that Viganò’s testimony about cover-up at the highest levels of the Church is being confirmed.
Referring to Monsignor Figueiredo’s disclosures concerning his superior, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Zmirak said:
Herald, stated on Twitter that there is a rumor that Pope Francis is “becoming isolated” as his denials of knowledge about clerical sex abuse, including by McCarrick, are badly received.
“Sense in Rome that the Pope is becoming isolated as one denial after another is greeted with scepticism (or worse). Much talk of Maradiaga, formerly closest papal ally, now utterly mired in scandal. Francis apparently adopting tactics of Cardinals Wuerl & Farrell re McCarrick,” he tweeted."
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"Catholic pundits are arguing over whether or not Archbishop Viganò was vindicated by revelations by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo about sanctions placed on the sexually abusive then-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Figueiredo, once McCarrick’s personal secretary, published an eleven-page statement including correspondence from the disgraced now laicized cleric, showing that Church leaders knew about Pope Benedict’s sanctions on McCarrick but did not enforce them.
One of those leaders was the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Donald Wuerl. This tallies with Viganò’s 2018 statement that many Church leaders, including Wuerl, knew of the sanctions.
Figueiredo’s testimony appeared at the same time the wider world was introduced to a Spanish-language interview with Pope Francis in which the pontiff denied ever knowing of McCarrick’s sexual
John Zmirak, a frequent contributor to The Stream, told LifeSiteNews that Viganò’s testimony about cover-up at the highest levels of the Church is being confirmed.
Referring to Monsignor Figueiredo’s disclosures concerning his superior, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Zmirak said:
The dots are being connected, one by one, and they seem to point to Pope Francis. Now we’re expected to believe that Wuerl knew all about McCarrick, but kept it from Pope Francis. As did Viganò, and everyone else who knew. How plausible is that? Must we outrage the rational minds God gave us to keep extending the benefit of the doubt to Francis?Referring to Pope Francis’s interview with Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki, in which the pontiff hinted that Archbishop Viganò was “paid” for his testimony, Zmirak continued:
When he accuses Vigano of lying for financial gain, how should we evaluate that grave accusation against a successor of the Apostles? How long will Francis refuse to release the abundant documents which would resolve this question? I for one am sickened by his pretense that he stands like Our Lord, innocent and silent.Damian Thompson, the editor-in-chief of the U.K.’s Catholic
“Sense in Rome that the Pope is becoming isolated as one denial after another is greeted with scepticism (or worse). Much talk of Maradiaga, formerly closest papal ally, now utterly mired in scandal. Francis apparently adopting tactics of Cardinals Wuerl & Farrell re McCarrick,” he tweeted."
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