As I have said many times when doing these “critique of the Pope” articles, there is seldom a day that goes by without some comment from him, or some story about him, to infuriate me, a suffering ex-Catholic. Here is the latest:
https://www.rt.com/news/417997-pope-francis-chile-sex-letter/
“Pope Francis is under fire for his handling of a clerical sexual abuse scandal. A report has emerged saying the pontiff was handed a letter from a Chilean abuse victim detailing his ordeal and a cover-up of alleged crimes.
In the letter, seen by AP, Juan Carlos Cruz says he is a victim of cleric Fernando Karadima’s abuse in the 1980s, detailing the kissing and fondling he claims to have suffered. Additionally, Cruz accuses Karadima’s fellow priest Juan Barros (whom Francis appointed to lead the Diocese of Osorno in 2015) of witnessing the horrific, humiliating abuse and ignoring it.
