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After biggest gaffe, pope demands accountability for abuse
The Associated Press ^ | Friday, May 18, 2018 | Nicole Winfield

Posted on 05/18/2018 4:28:54 PM PDT by Jyotishi

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Four months ago, Pope Francis dug himself into the biggest hole of his papacy by strongly defending a Chilean bishop accused by sex abuse victims of witnessing and ignoring their abuse.

On Friday, he emerged from that debacle after strong-arming the entire Chilean bishops conference to resign for what he said were their "grave defects" in handling abuse cases. He accused them of destroying evidence of sex crimes, interfering with investigations and negligently placing children at risk of being raped by pedophiles.

By repenting for his original sin with what amounts to an ecclesial nuclear option,...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abuse; bishop; catholic; child; children; chile; christian; europe; francis; pedophile; pedophilia; pope; sex; vatican

1 posted on 05/18/2018 4:28:54 PM PDT by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

Francis was just a little ahead of the curve on this.

The left’s mainstreaming of pedophilia is still a few more years out.


2 posted on 05/18/2018 4:37:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Jyotishi
On Friday, he emerged from that debacle after strong-arming the entire Chilean bishops conference to resign for what he said were their "grave defects" in handling abuse cases.

And for the Pope there is the bright side to this nuclear option.

He gets to appoint his cronies to fill the vacancies.

Any conservative bishop will be replaced with a Liberal social justice warrior bishop.

3 posted on 05/18/2018 4:38:18 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Jyotishi

I guess Francis will be “retiring” soon, particularly once the full extent of his silence and incompetence becomes known.


4 posted on 05/18/2018 4:40:51 PM PDT by Preston Manning (When standing on the edge of a cliff, a "giant step forward" is NOT progress!)
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To: Pontiac

Plus accusing them en masse and having them all resign is a convenient way to head off a criminal investigation into which officials were actually involved.


5 posted on 05/18/2018 4:46:11 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

They can have a criminal investigation if they resign or not and it will probably be easier to get people to come forward with facts if they do all resign.


6 posted on 05/18/2018 4:54:09 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Rashputin

They can and I hope they will, but the precedent is that they won’t.


7 posted on 05/18/2018 4:59:06 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Preston Manning

I always thought he was a dumb guy. Which is not the same from being an evil guy. One can be both.


8 posted on 05/18/2018 6:25:37 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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[Catholic Caucus] Why Did All the Chilean Bishops Offer Pope Their Resignations?
One Peter Five | Steve Skojec
Posted on 5/18/2018 9:18:22 PM by ebb tide
https://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3656379/posts


9 posted on 05/18/2018 7:39:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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10 posted on 05/18/2018 8:48:51 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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