'Pope Accuses Chilean Sexual Abuse Victims of Slander' report in The Guardian Jan 19

[bobbieinok]

Just now found this notice at William Lindsey's blog 'bilgrimage'.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

1. The pope..is just another man covering up for pedophile

... priests. And, this the guy that cares about the people?

[rurallib]

2. Another man at the head of a huge organization more concerned

keeping the organization going than morality

[struggle4progress]

3. ... On the last day of his visit to Chile, Francis set the simmering resentment some hold

against the Catholic Church to a full boil with his defense of Bishop Juan Barros. The bishop has been hotly criticized ever since the pope appointed him in 2015. Barros was the protégé of Rev. Fernando Karadima, a notorious disgraced priest who served in the southern city of Osorno and who was found guilty and dismissed in 2011 for abusing dozens of minors over a decades-long period beginning in the 1980s ...

Pope Francis Accuses Bishop's Critics Of Slander
January 19, 20189:25 AM ET
BILL CHAPPELL

So the bishop has not been accused of abuse, but his mentor was; and the claim against the bishop is that he was aware of the abuse but did nothing, while he says he was not aware. The pope's view seems to be: Show me some evidence, and then we can talk, but without evidence it's just slander