A U.S.-based group that tracks how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine archbishop to a powerful Vatican office.
made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine prelate to a powerful Vatican office that handles such cases.
BishopAccountability.org, a 20-year-old Massachusetts organization that maintains an online archive of abuse in the, said in a statement that the prelate in 2019 refused to believe victims who accused a priest in the La Plata archdiocese of sexually abusing boys. “In his response to allegations, he stoutly supported the accused priest and refused to believe the victims,'' BishopAccountability.org said. Fernández “should have been investigated, not promoted to one of the highest posts in the global church.”
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