In a detailed 11-page bombshell statement given to conservative Roman Catholic media outlets during the pope’s visit to Ireland, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigan[ò] accused a long list of current and past Vatican and U.S. Church officials of covering up the case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who resigned last month in disgrace.
In remarkably blunt language, Vigan[ò] said alleged cover-ups in the Church were making it look like “a conspiracy of silence not so dissimilar from the one that prevails in the mafia”.
“Pope Francis has repeatedly asked for total transparency in the Church,” wrote Vigan[ò], who has criticised the pope before.
“In this extremely dramatic moment for the universal Church, his extremely dramatic moment for the universal Church, he must acknowledge his mistakes and, in keeping with the proclaimed principle of zero tolerance, Pope Francis must be the first to set a good example for cardinals and bishops who covered up McCarrick’s abuses and resign along with all of them,” Vigan[ò] said.
Below is quoted from Wikipedia [2], without references:
According to Viganò's [11-page] letter, in 2000, Gabriel Montalvo (then nuncio to the United States) had informed the Vatican of McCarrick's "gravely immoral behaviour with seminarians and priests."[21] Subsequently, Pietro Sambi (nuncio from 2005 to 2011) had informed the Vatican again.[21] In 2006, Viganò -- then working at the Vatican -- wrote his own memo regarding McCarrick.[21] However, nothing was done to stop McCarrick.[21] Finally, in 2008 Viganò wrote a second memo, including material from clerical sexual abuse expert Richard Sipe.[21] As a result, in 2009 or 2010 Pope Benedict XVI placed severe restrictions on McCarrick's movements and public ministry, not allowing him to venture beyond the seminary grounds where he was living and not permitting him to say Mass in public.[21][20] However, according to Viganò, Pope Francis subsequently removed these sanctions and made McCarrick "his trusted counselor", even though Francis "knew from at least June 23, 2013 that McCarrick was a serial predator. He knew that he was a corrupt man, he covered for him to the bitter end."[21][20] Viganò also claimed that McCarrick "orchestrated" the appointments of Blase Cupich as Archbishop of Chicago and Joseph Tobin as Archbishop of Newark.[21][20] In the letter containing these allegations, Viganò called on Francis and all others who covered up McCarrick's conduct to resign.[21][20] Viganò stated: “In this extremely dramatic moment for the universal church, he [Pope Francis] must acknowledge his mistakes and, in keeping with the proclaimed principle of zero tolerance, Pope Francis must be the first to set a good example to cardinals and bishops who covered up McCarrick’s abuses and resign along with all of them. (...) We must tear down the conspiracy of silence with which bishops and priests have protected themselves at the expense of their faithful, a conspiracy of silence that in the eyes of the world risks making the church look like a sect, a conspiracy of silence not so dissimilar from the one that prevails in the mafia.”[25] [Emphasis added.]
One has to wonder why there seems to be no one else within the Catholic Church's hierarchy who is willing to call for the pope's resignation. Is it because they know better, that Bergoglio who had wanted so bad to be pope and had become pope would only leave the papacy when being forced out or when being carried out in a pine box, or more likely a mahogany and walnut casket, or is it that they are so frightened that Bergoglio who is vindictive will set them out to pasture, not to tend sheep but to be shamed? Perhaps, in time, a few will have the courage to join Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and call for Bergoglio to step down. Perhaps Blase Cupich and Joseph Tobin should also resign. In the end, probably no one who will but all will have to answer to God soon enough. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI was smart enough to have resigned, choosing to spend the rest of his life in prayer.
How one exercises his Free Will in life impacts where he will spend his eternity. Satan is always generous with its invitations therefore one ought to choose carefully. Since man's nature had been tainted by Sin, man is therefore vulnerable to Satan's temptations; yet, Christ has given him a way to make reparations through the Sacraments of Penance and Reconciliation. These are not mindless tasks; they have to be done accompanied by unyielding faith. In the Gospel of St. Luke, Jesus said to the Samaritan leper, "Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole." [3]
[1] https://uk.reuters.com/article/pope-ireland-abuse/update-3-former-top-vatican-official-says-pope-should-resign-over-abuse-crisis-idUKL2N1VH02S
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Maria_Vigan%C3%B2
[3] https://biblehub.com/luke/17-19.htm - King James Version
