After months of silence, the Vatican has issued an official response to the accusations from a former top official that Pope Francis covered-up sex abuse in the church.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, published on Sunday an open letter on behalf of the Holy See, where he refuted Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s allegations in August that Francis knew of abuse but covered it up.
“First of all, allow me to say to you with complete sincerity, by virtue of the good collaborative relationship that existed between us when you were the Nuncio in Washington, that your current position appears incomprehensible and extremely deplorable to me, not only because of the confusion that it sows in the People of God, but also because your public accusations seriously damage the reputation of the Successors of the Apostles,” Ouellet declared at the outset.
Later on, he accused Viganò of “mocking and casting doubt” on Francis’ faith, which he said seems to him to be “blasphemous.”
“Such a thing cannot come from God’s Spirit,” he insisted.
In August, Viganò, who previously served as…
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