VATICAN CITY
Church Militant
February 6, 2018
By Rodney Pelletier
Chilean sex abuse victim asserts the Pope heard from him
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Critics are claiming Pope Francis has lost credibility after reports revealed he received a letter from a Chilean sex abuse victim asking for help in 2015. The recent revelation comes only weeks after the Holy Father claimed no victims had come forward to him.
Doctor Kurt Martens, a professor of canon law at Catholic University of America (CUA), commented, “‘Houston, we have a problem.’ If the Pope indeed received a report detailing the abuse suffered by [Dr. Fernando] Karadima victims and the cover-up, then there is a huge problem, and it can be summarized with one word: credibility. Or lack thereof.”
Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, is claiming Pope Francis most likely “lied” when he said he had never heard from any of Karadima’s victims.
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