An ex-Vatican ambassador to the United States claims that Pope Francis was aware of allegations of sexual abuse against former U.S. archbishop Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for years but took no action and tried to cover it up.
Former apostolic nuncio Carlo Maria Viganò, 77, wrote in a lengthy 11-page written statement dated Aug. 22 that he had personally told Pope Francis years ago about sanctions imposed on McCarrick by former Pope Benedict XVI. But he wrote that Pope Francis didn’t respond to the exchange and that McCarrick was allowed to continue in his role as a public figure for the Roman Catholic Church.
