ITALY
BBC News
August 28, 2018
A former Vatican diplomat who accused the Pope of covering up reports of clerical sex abuse has fled Italy in fear of his life, it is claimed.
In an 11-page letter published on Sunday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano said Pope Francis knew about allegations against a US cardinal for five years before accepting his resignation.
Italian blogger Aldo Maria Valli says the archbishop told him before the letter emerged that he had “already purchased an aeroplane ticket”.
Recounting a meeting between the pair, Valli describes what the archbishop told him, writing: “He will leave the country. He cannot tell me where he is going. I am not to look for him. His old mobile phone number will no longer work. We say goodbye for the last time.”
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