On July 29, 2018, I posted the ff:
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Tonight I do not have the time to 'organize' and put some order in this hodgepodge of allegations regarding Jorge Bergoglio's cossetting of an Argentine bishop after a disgruntled partner came out with a video he shot of the bishop in flagrante, but check it out- it has visual documentation that is contemporaneous to the narrative episodes.
http://4christum.blogspot.com/2018/07/bergoglio-protected-in-uca-homosexual.html
How coincidental that the name of Bergoglio's bishop protege in Argentina was Maccarone (he died in 2015), which is eerily close to 'McCarrick', though the Argentines parodied the name another way, calling him Abp Marricone ('maricon' is the Spanish word for a male homosexual)!
The blogsite called CATHOLIC MONITOR had this commentary:
Pope Francis's own McCarrick
was Abp Maccarone from 2005
CATHOLIC MONITOR
July 29, 2018
It appears that if Cardinal McCarrick had been under then Cardinal Bergoglio in Argentina in 2005 when his sex scandal was finally fully publicly exposed, he might have been given a letter of "gratitude" for his work for the poor.
The Catholic Argentinian website the Wanderer on October 23, 2014 posted "Unmasking Bergoglio":
"Bergoglio always had the "gay agenda" among his plans... It is a question of asking the Buenosairean clergy about the constant protection that he lavished on many homosexual priests...
Cardinal Bergoglio as Primate... of the Argentine Episcopal Conference... "[had a] "star"... of the Argentine Episcopate. The great theologian... of the poor [Archbishop Juan Carlos Maccarone].
Until... in March 2005 a video appeared in which the archbishop appeared having sexual games with a young man... Pope Benedict XVI... immediately removed [him from his]... position [as bishop]."
The reaction of Bergoglio
By a letter that Maccarone himself directed in [to] his bother bishops, it can be easily deduced that the entire Argentine episcopal gang knew of his weakness... And, in spite of that, they promoted him to the episcopal office.
Bergoglio... issued a statement in which he expressed his 'gratitude' to the former bishop [Maccarone]."
"... The spokesman of the Buenos Aires Archdiocese went on to say that... the [sex] video corresponded to "the private life of Bishop Maccarone."
Jimmy Burns in his book "Francis, Pope of Good Promise" after referencing that "Maccarone resigned" because of the "videotape showing the bishop having 'intimate relations'" wrote:
"Bergoglio's own spokesman, rather than focus on Maccarone's political links with Kirchner, jumped to the bishop's defense claiming he had been set up."
"... Fortunato Millimaci, a Buenos Aires sociologist [said]... 'This means that the idea of the Catholic Church as a moral reference of a Catholic nation is very strongly in doubt... It shows that a double standard exists within the Church [of Bergoglio] itself.'" (Pages 231-232)
[Unfortunately, the report above has been selectively edited, and there could be a different picture if we knew what the omissions said!]
Is the Vatican going to comment at all on this?
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The Vatican - as well as most other media - have ignored this Mccarrickone story so far, but CHURCH MILITANT picked it up today, along with another story of a Bergoglio protege who was convicted of . Will anyone else follow up these stories - and why were they all swept under the rug at the time Bergoglio was elected pope?
Cardinal Bergoglio protected
homosexual bishop in Argentina
Disgraced bishop administered sacraments and was honored by Bergoglio
by Bradley Eli
August 28, 2018
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis, currently implicated in protecting homosexual predator and former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, reportedly was involved in a similar cover-up while archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The case involves the late homosexual Bp. Juan Carlos Maccarone, formerly of Santiago del Estero, who resigned as bishop in 2005 after a video surfaced of his homosexual encounter with 23-year-old Alfredo Serrano.
An initial PR campaign under Cdl. Jorge Bergoglio made Maccarone out to be the victim while avoiding the moral implications of Bp. Maccarone's actions.
The scandal widened when Maccarone surfaced five years later administering the sacraments in a diocese next to Buenos Aires headed by Bergoglio. In 2010 Maccarone confirmed children at Holy Trinity parish in Rufino while residing a few hundred miles away in Claypole, a suburb of Buenos Aires, at a mission that was home to a large number of disabled children.
The immediate PR campaign begun in 2005 under Cdl. Bergoglio avoided the moral angle of homosexuality. Bishop Maccarone was made out to be the target of revenge or the victim of political enemies.
Father Guillermo Marco, spokesman for Cdl. Bergoglio, addressed the supposed motives of Maccarone's enemies.
"Everything points to ... political revenge," Marco said. Continuing this spin, Fr. Marco told a local radio station that the release of the video "sounds like it was put together by some intelligence arm."
Likewise, an episcopal commission chaired by Cdl. Bergoglio immediately following the incident in 2005 wrote a declaration of solidarity, sympathizing with Maccarone, which scandalized many of the faithful.
The statement praises Maccarone, expressing gratitude to the former bishop for his "service of the poor and those who have threatened life and faith."
Ultimately the church cited "health problems" that caused Maccarone to resign his episcopal office without mentioning the homosexual encounter that was caught on tape. Fortunato Mallimaci, a Buenos Aires sociologist, noted the soft-peddling of the incident by Church officials dealt a serious blow to the church's credibility.
"This means that the idea of the Catholic Church as the moral reference of the Catholic nation is very strongly put in doubt," Mallimaci said. "It shows that a double standard exists within the church itself." He said the incident and how it was handled also weakened the Church's moral authority, especially when teaching on issues of sexuality.
After Maccarone died in 2015, reports surfaced that he had also sexually abused at least one minor. While bishop of Chascomús, Maccarone was criminally implicated in the homosexual abuse of a minor but was allegedly protected by the Argentinian bishops' conference (CEA).
In spite of the alleged abuse of at least one minor, Maccarone was put in proximity with children at least by 2010 in Buenos Aires. The same year that Maccarone was seen confirming children in Rufino, media reported the former bishop of Santiago del Estero was residing in Claypole (Buenos Aires) in Cotolengo de Don Orione, home to a large number of children with disabilities. Maccarone reportedly was offering Mass for the nuns responsible for the children's care.
Maccarone was also in proximity of youth as dean of the faculty of theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Buenos Aires, whose grand chancellor at the time was Cdl. Bergoglio.
The similarity between homosexual predators such as ex-Cdl. McCarrick and the late Bp. Maccarone was presented in an op-ed piece in The New York Times. The article noted homosexual relationships among clerics is given a pass by the hierarchy until it turns criminal and only then when it's outed:
The other rule of the clerical closet is not violating the civil law — or at least not getting caught. Francis defended Monsignor Ricca by distinguishing between sins and crimes: "They are not crimes, right? Crimes are something different." This distinction provides cover for sex abuse. When countless priests are allowed to live double lives, it is hard to tell who is concealing crimes. Cardinal McCarrick was widely seen as "merely" preying on adult seminarians. Now he has been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor."
Pope Francis is now being called to hold to his own zero-tolerance policy, which includes as per the #CatholicMeToo movement, not only sexual abuse of minors but also of vulnerable adults.
Turns out CHURCH MILITANT has looked into yet another case of Bergoglio protecting homosexual priests. It's all about Bergoglian 'mercy', you know.
Cdl. Bergoglio protected a convicted pedophile
by Bradley Eli
August 28, 2018
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis, known for his rhetoric on zero tolerance for clerical sex abuse of minors, did not exhibit zero tolerance in dealing with homosexual predator clerics as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pope Francis's poor record on sex abuse goes back to his time in Argentina, as seen by the case of Fr. Julio César Grassi. Grassi was convicted in 2009 of molesting a boy in a refuge for street children founded by him. Grassi remained free for four years, owing in part to a secret study commissioned by Cdl. Jorge Bergoglio, then archbishop of Buenos Aires and president of the Argentine bishops' conference.
A provincial supreme court, however, was not persuaded by the detailed report and upheld Grassi's conviction. Grassi started his 15-year sentence in 2013.
In spite of a complaint filed in 2000 with the Juvenile Court of Morón accusing Grassi of abuse, nothing came of the accusation until an investigative news show, Telenoche Investiga, aired a program in October 2002 detailing Grassi's alleged sexual abuse of boys. Within the week, Grassi was arrested.
One month after Grassi's arrest the Argentine bishops, headed by Cdl. Bergoglio issued a statement through an executive committee on which Bergoglio presided alleging a "campaign" to "blur the image" of the Catholic Church and "cause society to lose its trust" in the institution. While not specifically mentioning Grassi, the statement was widely understood as pertaining to his case.
Seven years went by until Grassi was found guilty in 2009 of two acts of aggravated sexual assault of a minor but was allowed to remain free pending his appeal. A statement signed by 49 priests and 50 laypeople expressed outrage over the court's decision that allowed Grassi to remain free.
They also criticized the "silence of ecclesial leaders" on his case, noting that "other bishops' conferences like Colombia's have spoken up in similar cases" adding, "we do not understand your silence, that has the appearance of 'hushing up' and 'tolerance.'"
Over the next four years (2009-2013), Grassi remained free while the lower courts, in turn, denied his appeals. During this period, Grassi claimed the support of various bishops and especially that of Cdl. Bergoglio.
Concerning Bergoglio, Grassi affirmed he "never let go of my hand [and] is always at my side." Bergoglio, for his part, defended Grassi after his arrest, saying in 2006 that "justice will determine" Grassi's innocence. Bergoglio also portrayed Grassi as the victim, alleging there was "a media campaign against him."
Cardinal Bergoglio, as president of the Argentine bishops' conference, hired a leading criminal defense lawyer, Marcelo Sancinetti, to conduct a private investigation on Grassi's behalf. The study exonerating Grassi was intended to sway the court — but to no avail. In 2013, a provincial supreme court rejected Grassi's final appeal and his prison sentence commenced.
The bishops' study attempting to exonerate Grassi was denounced in 2011 by Juan Pablo Gallego, an attorney for the Committee for Oversight and Implementation of International Conventions for Children's Rights. Gallego, who represented the plaintiffs during the trial,
decried the study as a "scandalous instance of lobbying and exerting pressure on the Court."
Throughout his court trials, Grassi was allowed to present himself as a priest and is currently listed as a priest in the diocese of Morón, a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
Although convicted of sexual abuse of minors, Grassi was never laicised, in keeping with the policy in place under Cdl. Bergoglio.
It is incumbent on the Bergogliacs to reply to these stories and set the record straight where they are not factual - because obviously, these stories did take place. Bergoglio's defense of his predator proteges is common in both stories - that his proteges were being accused of sexual misdeeds in order to harm the Church. Which has been the dominant rationale in the culture of omerta that led to decades of covering up for sexually deviant priests and bishops. Even St John Paul II took that line in Poland when Polish priests were accused of sexual wrongdoing.
Negative stories are ignored and not answered factually when the object of the negative stories is unable to deny the basic facts presented. That is why Bergoglio refused to answer the DUBIA and why he cannot bring himself to make a simple denial, "Mons Vigano never spoke to me about McCarrick". And why I suspect no Bergoglian will rise to his defense about these two stories in which Bergoglio was proactive in his support of two perverts... It should be crystal-clear by now to all but the most willfully blind of Bergogliacs that the man is a total fraud and one who has no second thoughts at all about lying and striking righteous poses ('zero tolerance', indeed!) to suit his agenda and totally narcissistic persona. Yet he is the pope - KYRIE ELEISON, CHRISTE ELEISON, KYRIE ELEISON! When will this evil pontificate end? How much longer, Lord?
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 30/08/2018 05:19]