A U.S.-based group that tracks how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine prelate to a Vatican office that handles such cases.
On Saturday, the Vatican announced the pontiff had picked Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernández, archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, to head the Holy See’s watchdog office for doctrinal orthodoxy. Its mandate includes handling sex abuse allegations lodged against clergy.
Telephone calls to the La Plata archdiocese office went unanswered on Sunday. The archdiocese didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment from the archbishop. A trusted adviser to the pontiff, Fernández has been nicknamed the “pope’s theologian″ because he is widely believed to have helped author some of Francis’ most important documents. The pope named him to head the La Plata archdiocese in 2018.
The archbishop later went to the accused priest’s parish and celebrated a Mass with him, according to BishopAccountability.org.
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