Carta revela que Papa Francisco recomendó dar año sabático a obispo Barros para bajar la tensión sobre casos de abusos sexuales

SANTIAGO (CHILE)
El Mostrador

>>Letter reveals that Pope Francis recommended giving sabbatical to Bishop Barros to lower the tension on cases of sexual abuse

January 12, 2018

En el escrito dirigido al Comité Permanente de la Conferencia Episcopal de Chile, el máximo jerarca de la Iglesia católica confesó que sabía de la polémica generada por las denuncias entorno al obispo de Osorno por su encubrimiento a Karadima.

A cuatro días de que el Papa Francisco llegue a Chile, The Associated Press, dio a conocer una reveladora carta escrita por el máximo jerarca de la Iglesia católica en donde reconoce que el Vaticano estaba preocupado por los daños que provocaría el caso de Karadima en Chile y que por eso intentó poner en marcha un plan para lidiar con los abusos sexuales.

En la misiva dirigida al Comité Permanente de la Conferencia Episcopal de Chile, Francisco intenta justificar el nombramiento del 10 de enero de 2015, cuando designó a Barros obispo de la ciudad de Osorno.

[Partial Google Translation: This Friday, the Episcopal Conference of Chile referred to the letter written by its Supreme Pontiff, and confirmed its authenticity through its spokesman Jaime Coiro. “Our spokesperson @ JaimeCoiro confirms the authenticity of the Pope’s letter to the Standing Committee of the CECh disclosed by @ APNews, ” they said through their Twitter account.

Our spokesperson @JaimeCoiro confirms the authenticity of the Pope’s letter to the Standing Committee of the CECh disclosed by @APNews .

– Conf.Episcopal Chile (@episcopado_cl) January 12, 2018

It should be remembered that the revelation of this letter is opposed to the statements that the Pope delivered in 2015, where he publicly defended Barros and even went so far as to say that the inhabitants of Osorno suffered from “fools” and that they allowed themselves to be manipulated by “left-handers”.

On the occasion, Bergoglio claimed to be “the first to judge and punish someone who has accusations of that kind, but in this case there is no proof, I tell you from my heart.”]

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