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Posted by David Clohessy on March 19, 2013
A convicted pedophile priest walks free now in Argentina thanks in part to Pope Francis’ intervention, according to today’s Washington Post.
We call on the new pontiff to:
–immediately put this child molesting cleric at a remote, secure, independent treatment and housing facility so kids will be safer and
–explain why he’s helping a proven predator avoid jail and live across the street from the charity where he assaulted at least three kids.
Today’s Post reports that “church officials, led by Bergolio, commissioned a lengthy private report arguing that Fr. Julio Cesar Grassi was innocent”(after he had been convicted in a criminal trial). And “prosecutors say the document has helped Grassi avoid jail time so far.” He continues to live “across the street from the classroom and dormitories of Happy Children,” the charity where he molested.
“Bergoglio was widely viewed as close to the young priest,” the Post report says.
The new pope has, through his actions, recklessly and callously helped a dangerous man avoid jail and remain around children. If he believes Fr. Grassi is innocent and the prosecutor, judge and Washington Post all have this wrong, Pope Francis owes his flock – in Argentina and worldwide – a serious explanation.
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