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Related: About this forumPope regrets word choice on abuse in Chile, but stands by contested bishop
Source: Crux
Pope regrets word choice on abuse in Chile, but stands by contested bishop
Inés San Martín
Jan 22, 2018 VATICAN CORRESPONDENT
ON BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Returning to Rome from a sometimes contentious six-day trip to Latin America, Pope Francis said he regretted the language he used along the way regarding sexual abuse victims who have accused a Chilean bishop of covering up their abuse, but did not back down from his support for that bishop.
Francis said hes convinced of the innocence of Chilean Bishop Juan Barros, who has been accused by survivors of covering up cases of sexual abuse by infamous Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, who was found guilty by a church process in 2011.
Barros will stay in his post, I cannot condemn him without evidence, the pope said during the flight from Peru to Rome.
I personally am convinced that hes innocent, Francis said.
The pope did, however, express regret for how he made that point in Chile.
-snip-
Inés San Martín
Jan 22, 2018 VATICAN CORRESPONDENT
ON BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Returning to Rome from a sometimes contentious six-day trip to Latin America, Pope Francis said he regretted the language he used along the way regarding sexual abuse victims who have accused a Chilean bishop of covering up their abuse, but did not back down from his support for that bishop.
Francis said hes convinced of the innocence of Chilean Bishop Juan Barros, who has been accused by survivors of covering up cases of sexual abuse by infamous Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, who was found guilty by a church process in 2011.
Barros will stay in his post, I cannot condemn him without evidence, the pope said during the flight from Peru to Rome.
I personally am convinced that hes innocent, Francis said.
The pope did, however, express regret for how he made that point in Chile.
-snip-
Read more: https://cruxnow.com/pope-in-chile-and-peru/2018/01/22/pope-regrets-word-choice-abuse-chile-stands-contested-bishop/
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Pope regrets word choice on abuse in Chile, but stands by contested bishop (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2018
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,117 posts)1. This has been the ONLY pope that I supported.....UNTIL NOW.
Shame on you for supporting a sexual abuser.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)2. What he should have said, was nothing.
But instead he let the facade drop for just a bit and we saw what many of us always knew him to be: someone who puts up a great image but is simply more of the same. He's more concerned about his priests and bishops than he is about kids who were raped.
Voltaire2
(13,270 posts)3. So Bergoglio is retracting nothing and by claiming that Barros is innocent
he is asserting that Barros' accusers are liars.
The only thing Bergoglio regrets here is the stink that followed him out of Chile.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)4. This is a common trend with Frankie
Use nice language, but change nothing.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)5. I regret that I got caught...
Not that I did it in the first place?