ROME (ITALY)
La Croix
September 3, 2018
By Nicolas Senèze
Viganò’s accusations Viganò had been instructed by the Congregation for Bishops to apply sanctions against Cardinal McCarrick but appears to have been rather neglectful in doing so
The former papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, last month accused Pope Francis of covering up for American Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who has been accused of sexual abuse, sparking a media war between the pope’s supporters and adversaries.
“Benedict XVI imposed sanctions on Cardinal McCarrick that are similar to those now imposed by Pope Francis,” Archbishop Viganò wrote in his explosive 11-page testimony last month.
It appears highly probable that Benedict XVI did indeed sanction Cardinal McCarrick for having had homosexual relations with several young adults (seminarians over whom he exercised authority as a bishop).
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