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Brian OP's avatar

"A man is known by the company he keeps."

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ALT's avatar

The Pope made similar statements about Bishop Barros (from Chile).

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Sue Korlan's avatar

The only time Pope Francis has believed the abused instead of claiming they are calumniators was when Cardinal O'Malley publicly called him out over Barros. Other than that, he's never met an abuser he didn't support.

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Robert Kotloski's avatar

typo: The Vatican reportedly sent an apostolic visitor to Scicily

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Luke Coppen's avatar

Many thanks for pointing this out. I've corrected it

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Cally C's avatar

"In 2019, I couldn't possibly know I wasn't supposed to just transfer an accused abuser for 'ill health' to another assignment working with kids because Vos Estes hadn't told me not to yet!" is... quite the thing to admit about yourself

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Todd Voss's avatar

Indeed! Just wow

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Son of Eunice's avatar

Cultural and political alignment covers a multitude of sins.

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Sue Korlan's avatar

And that he still has support after being taped saying he had successfully prevented justice from being done says all one needs to know.

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