VATICAN CITY
AFP/Daily Mail
August 30, 2018
By Julian Robinson
– Francis faces claims of covering ignoring abuse claims against a US cardinal
– Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano made the allegation in an 11-page bombshell
– Two of pope’s fiercest critics have stepped forward to support the archbishop
– There is mounting speculation that ultra-conservative members of the Catholic Church hierarchy are plotting against the Argentine pontiff
The pope is facing mounting pressure to quit as ultra-conservative members of the Catholic Church hierarchy continue to accuse him of covering for a cardinal in a sex abuse scandal.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a former Vatican envoy to the US, dropped an 11-page bombshell at the weekend accusing Francis of ignoring abuse allegations against prominent US cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Pope Francis ‘knew from at least June 23, 2013, that McCarrick was a serial predator,’ Vigano alleged. ‘He knew that he was a corrupt man, he covered for him to the bitter end.’
The timing of the letter’s release – right in the middle of Francis’s landmark trip to Ireland – immediately raised speculation about a possible plot against the Argentine pontiff.
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