[raiderboy]

It is organizec crime and needs to
be punished. Severely punishished

[ebb tide]

There can also be little doubt the new pope was fully aware of the record of his close friend Cardinal Errázuriz in ignoring complaints of Karadima’s victims when he appointed him to the C9 council.

From the National Catholic Reporter - April 29, 2014:

Last year, Francis named Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Karadima's most powerful defender, as one of eight cardinals on the commission advising him on Vatican reforms. Errázuriz refused to act on a victim's allegations in 2003, telling the priest not to worry, according to news accounts and legal testimony.

In February at a Vatican consistory, Francis gave Errázuriz's successor in Santiago the cardinal's red hat: Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, 72.

"Why would Pope Francis, who's trying to clean up the church, pick a man like Errázuriz who has done so much harm to so many by his actions?" Cruz asked. "Errázuriz said he did not believe us, and minimized sex abuse cases. Ezzati has done the same thing. Why are men like this confidantes of the pope?"

Chilean cardinals close to pope stained by abuse cover-ups

[cpdiii]

“The day I see proof against Bishop Barros, then I will talk. There is not a single piece of evidence against him. It is all calumny. Is that clear?”

This does make me wonder what the Pope is hiding?

Prior to entering the seminary he worked as a chemist tech. He was 22 years of age when he entered the seminary.

There is little information about this man on the internet prior to this time. He may have lead a most exemplary life or not. We really do not know.

[Jeff Chandler]

Could the pope be suffering from some kind of mental illness? It’s very strange to be sympathetic one day and accusatory the next.

[livius]

This is a very good and well researched article.

[Biggirl]

What a fine hot mess.