'The pope ignored them': Alleged abuse of deaf children on two continents points to Vatican failings
Source: Washington Post
LUJAN DE CUYO, Argentina — When investigators swept in and raided the religious Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf, they uncovered one of the worst cases yet among the global abuse scandals plaguing the Catholic Church: a place of silent torment where prosecutors say pedophiles preyed on the most isolated and submissive children.
The scope of the alleged abuse was vast. Charges are pending against 13 suspects; a 14th person pleaded guilty to sexual abuse, including rape, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The case of the accused ringleader — an octogenarian Italian priest named Nicola Corradi — is set to go before a judge next month.
Corradi was spiritual director of the school and had a decades-long career spanning two continents. And so his arrest in late 2016 raised an immediate question: Did the Catholic Church have any sense that he could be a danger to children?
The answer, according to a Washington Post investigation that included a review of court and church documents, private letters, and dozens of interviews in Argentina and Italy, is that church officials up to and including Pope Francis were warned repeatedly and directly about a group of alleged predators that included Corradi.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-pope-ignored-them-alleged-abuse-of-deaf-children-on-two-continents-points-to-vatican-failings/2019/02/18/07db1bdc-fd60-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?utm_term=.f699db35bf4e
= new reply since forum marked as read
... church authorities began in 2008 and included mailing a list of accused priests to Francis in 2014 and physically handing him the list in 2015....
my comment?
Someone physically handed him a list in 2015. The list included a group of alleged predators that included Corradi.
Yet they took no apparent action against him..The case of the accused ringleader — an octogenarian Italian priest named Nicola Corradi — is set to go before a judge next month. ........The ringleader has not even been found guilty. If you read the article, that man has had close contact with children for over 50 years. Pope Francis got the list a full three years ago, and how his case goes before a judge..
This is 2019, now, he is dealing with it..??
Pope Francis must resign now
