Is Pope Francis Silent and Lying now as he was Silent and Lied in Sex Abuse Cover-up Case as a Argentine Archbishop according to Documentary on German National TV?
Is Pope Francis silent and lying (by his implication that accuses Vigano of causing scandal) about Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's credible testimony that he covered-up the sex abuse of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick as he was silent and lied about the sex abuse cover-up case of the "now-infamous Father Julio César Grassi who has been imprisoned for 15 years because of his abuse of children" when Francis was then Argentine Archbishop Jorge Maria Bergoglio according to a German documentary?
LifeSiteNews reports that the German national TV channel ZDF is currently running a documentary by Martin Boudot which is being aired now and "making the rounds in the German-speaking world called the 'The Silence of the Shepherds.'"
The documentary says six alleged victims of abuse all say that then-Archbishop Bergoglio was silent and "never answered their own specific complaints when they wrote to him as the archbishop of Buenos Aires." Journalist Maike Hickson wrote:
"When asked by the documentary journalists whether or not they ever received an answer, they all shook their heads in the negative. Asked about the above-quoted statement that Bergoglio never having a pedophile priest in his diocese and whether he says here the truth, one abuse victim, a woman, answered: 'He [Francis/Bergoglio] wants people to believe that, but it is a lie.'”
[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d]
Hickson below reveals that the documentary shows Francis lying about "a counter-inquiry" he commissioned to cover-up for the priest predator. She quotes the documentary saying “How can the Catholic Church retrieve itself from these guilty silences?”:
"The documentary states that, Bergoglio, as Pope Francis 'never publicly commented on the Grassi case.' The journalists themselves had tried for eight months to obtain an interview with the pontiff on the subject, but to no avail. Since they failed, the journalists stood in line at Saint Peter's during one of the papal audiences and were able to call out to Pope Francis: 'Your Holiness! Your Holiness, in the Grassi case, did you try to influence Argentine justice?' Pope Francis, making a stunned face (caught on film here in the documentary), replied 'No!' The journalists continued, saying: 'No? Then why did you commission a counter-inquiry?' The Pope responded, with a similar face: 'I never did.' The documentary then asks: 'How can the Catholic Church retrieve itself from these guilty silences?'”
[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d]
A better question is:
How can the Catholic Church retrieve itself from the Francis/Bergoglio guilty silences?
According to Journalist Hickson, the documentary says victims believe Bergoglio “willfully tried to divert the course of justice” and cover-up for a sex abusing priest:
"Reference was here made to Father Grassi. 'The Argentinian Church did all in its power to have him acquitted,' explained the speaker. Juan Pablo Gallego, the defense attorney of the abuse victims, pointed out that the Argentine bishops in 2010 – after the first punitive sentence was spoken about Grassi – had asked a penal law professor (Marcelo A. Sancinetti) to conduct a study, which was compiled in a confidential dossier for internal use, dealing with the Grassi case."
"This dossier, which was called 'Studies on the Grassi Case' and contained 2,800 pages, came to the conclusion that 'the court was wrong,' that Grassi was innocent and therefore should be acquitted. The author also claimed that the abused children spread 'falsifications, lies, deceit and invention.'”
"This study, as the documentary pointed out, was made on behalf of the Argentine bishops under the leadership of Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, who was, at that time, also the President of the Argentine Bishops' Conference (2005-2011). This information is written on the back cover of the dossier. 'So the Pope,' the speaker in the documentary concluded, 'did then commission a counter-inquiry to try to have a priest who had been sentenced for pedophilia acquitted.'”
“'And it is said,' the speaker in the documentary continued, 'that Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope, actually sent it to the judges, with a shrewd sense of timing, before Father Grassi's various appeal hearings.' Carlos Mahiques was one of these judges. In an interview for this documentary, he made it clear that this study, as ordered by Bergoglio, 'is in some areas partial, and extremely partial in others,' and that is why he, as judge, did not allow himself to be influenced by it."
“'It was clearly in favor of Father Grassi,' the judge said. 'They were trying to exert a subtle form of pressure on the judges.” When asked whether he thought the Church tried to influence the judges, Mahiques replied: 'That's totally correct.'”
"In an interview in the documentary with one of the abuse victims of Father Grassi, it becomes clear that Grassi claimed to stand under the protection of Bergoglio."
“'Bergoglio never let go of my hand,' are the words as they are quoted by the abuse victim who claimed to have heard them from Grassi himself. The victim continued, saying that Bergoglio now 'is Pope Francis, but he has never gone against Grassi’s words. So I’m certain that he never did let go of Grassi’s hand!'"
[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d]
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.
The Silence of the Shepherds:
LifeSiteNews reports that the German national TV channel ZDF is currently running a documentary by Martin Boudot which is being aired now and "making the rounds in the German-speaking world called the 'The Silence of the Shepherds.'"
The documentary says six alleged victims of abuse all say that then-Archbishop Bergoglio was silent and "never answered their own specific complaints when they wrote to him as the archbishop of Buenos Aires." Journalist Maike Hickson wrote:
"When asked by the documentary journalists whether or not they ever received an answer, they all shook their heads in the negative. Asked about the above-quoted statement that Bergoglio never having a pedophile priest in his diocese and whether he says here the truth, one abuse victim, a woman, answered: 'He [Francis/Bergoglio] wants people to believe that, but it is a lie.'”
[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d]
Hickson below reveals that the documentary shows Francis lying about "a counter-inquiry" he commissioned to cover-up for the priest predator. She quotes the documentary saying “How can the Catholic Church retrieve itself from these guilty silences?”:
"The documentary states that, Bergoglio, as Pope Francis 'never publicly commented on the Grassi case.' The journalists themselves had tried for eight months to obtain an interview with the pontiff on the subject, but to no avail. Since they failed, the journalists stood in line at Saint Peter's during one of the papal audiences and were able to call out to Pope Francis: 'Your Holiness! Your Holiness, in the Grassi case, did you try to influence Argentine justice?' Pope Francis, making a stunned face (caught on film here in the documentary), replied 'No!' The journalists continued, saying: 'No? Then why did you commission a counter-inquiry?' The Pope responded, with a similar face: 'I never did.' The documentary then asks: 'How can the Catholic Church retrieve itself from these guilty silences?'”
[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d]
A better question is:
How can the Catholic Church retrieve itself from the Francis/Bergoglio guilty silences?
According to Journalist Hickson, the documentary says victims believe Bergoglio “willfully tried to divert the course of justice” and cover-up for a sex abusing priest:
"Reference was here made to Father Grassi. 'The Argentinian Church did all in its power to have him acquitted,' explained the speaker. Juan Pablo Gallego, the defense attorney of the abuse victims, pointed out that the Argentine bishops in 2010 – after the first punitive sentence was spoken about Grassi – had asked a penal law professor (Marcelo A. Sancinetti) to conduct a study, which was compiled in a confidential dossier for internal use, dealing with the Grassi case."
"This dossier, which was called 'Studies on the Grassi Case' and contained 2,800 pages, came to the conclusion that 'the court was wrong,' that Grassi was innocent and therefore should be acquitted. The author also claimed that the abused children spread 'falsifications, lies, deceit and invention.'”
"This study, as the documentary pointed out, was made on behalf of the Argentine bishops under the leadership of Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, who was, at that time, also the President of the Argentine Bishops' Conference (2005-2011). This information is written on the back cover of the dossier. 'So the Pope,' the speaker in the documentary concluded, 'did then commission a counter-inquiry to try to have a priest who had been sentenced for pedophilia acquitted.'”
“'And it is said,' the speaker in the documentary continued, 'that Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope, actually sent it to the judges, with a shrewd sense of timing, before Father Grassi's various appeal hearings.' Carlos Mahiques was one of these judges. In an interview for this documentary, he made it clear that this study, as ordered by Bergoglio, 'is in some areas partial, and extremely partial in others,' and that is why he, as judge, did not allow himself to be influenced by it."
“'It was clearly in favor of Father Grassi,' the judge said. 'They were trying to exert a subtle form of pressure on the judges.” When asked whether he thought the Church tried to influence the judges, Mahiques replied: 'That's totally correct.'”
"In an interview in the documentary with one of the abuse victims of Father Grassi, it becomes clear that Grassi claimed to stand under the protection of Bergoglio."
“'Bergoglio never let go of my hand,' are the words as they are quoted by the abuse victim who claimed to have heard them from Grassi himself. The victim continued, saying that Bergoglio now 'is Pope Francis, but he has never gone against Grassi’s words. So I’m certain that he never did let go of Grassi’s hand!'"
[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d]
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.
The Silence of the Shepherds:
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