Anonymous ID: 29bfc3 May 18, 2018, 11:19 a.m. No.1458238   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8273 >>8332

Chile's bishops resign en masse over sex abuse cover-up

Associated Press NICOLE WINFIELD,Associated Press 4 hours ago

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Pope Francis arrives to meet with Benin President Patrice Talon on the occasion of a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, May 18, 2018. (Vincenzo Pinto/Pool Photo via AP)

VATICAN CITY (AP) โ€” In the biggest shake-up yet in the Catholic Church's long-running sex abuse scandal, every active Chilean bishop offered to resign Friday over what Pope Francis said was their "grave negligence" in investigating abuse and protecting children.

 

The bishops announced at the end of an emergency Vatican summit that all 31 active bishops in Rome had signed a document offering to resign.

 

Francis can accept the resignations, reject them or delay a decision, and the bishops remain in place until he acts. But the symbolic significance of an entire national bishops' conference resigning en masse because they covered-up for pedophiles marked a historic moment in the decades-long saga.

 

"We want to ask forgiveness for the pain we caused victims, the pope, the people of God and our country for the grave errors and omissions that we committed," the bishops said in a statement.

 

They thanked victims for their "perseverance and courage," for having continued to denounce crimes and cover-up by the church despite "the incomprehension and attacks from the same church community."

 

It marked the first known time that an entire national bishops conference had offered to step down over a scandal, and laid bare the devastation the abuse crisis has caused the Catholic Church in Chile and beyond.

 

"They didn't know how to protect the weakest, exposed them to abuse and then impeded justice," said Jose Andres Murillo, one of those abused and one of the main whistleblowers in the case. "For this, they deserve only to go."

 

Calls for mass resignations had mounted after details emerged of the contents of a 2,300-page Vatican report into the Chilean scandal leaked early Friday. Francis had cited the report in footnotes of a 10-page document that he handed over to each Chilean bishop at the start of the summit.

 

In those footnotes, Francis accused the bishops of destroying evidence of sex crimes, pressuring church investigators to minimize abuse accusations and showing "grave negligence" in protecting children from pedophile priests.

 

"No one can exempt himself and place the problem on the shoulders of the others," Francis wrote in the document, which was published by Chilean T13 television and confirmed as accurate Friday by the Vatican.

 

In a statement in response, the Chilean bishops said the contents of the document were "absolutely deplorable" and showed an "unacceptable abuse of power and conscience," as well as sexual abuse.

 

"We want to re-establish justice and contribute to the reparation of the damage we caused," they said.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-accuses-chile-bishops-destroying-sex-abuse-evidence-062740129.html

Anonymous ID: 29bfc3 May 18, 2018, 11:26 a.m. No.1458320   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8346 >>8376 >>8392 >>8459

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44169484

 

All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex scandal and cover-up.

 

They asked forgiveness from victims and the Church for their "grave errors and omissions".

 

It was not immediately clear whether the Pope had accepted the resignations.

 

He had been criticised in Chile for his decision to ordain a bishop who is accused of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest.

 

He said in January that he felt "pain and shame" over the scandal, which has rocked the Catholic Church in Chile.

Anonymous ID: 29bfc3 May 18, 2018, 11:27 a.m. No.1458341   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8449

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YEP, they are going out with their last hoo-rah. I don't blame em, not like they haven't been planning this forever just to give up their prophecy and lay down. They are going to fight tooth and nail till the cuffs lock around their wrists or a bullet meets their cranium.

Anonymous ID: 29bfc3 May 18, 2018, 11:29 a.m. No.1458368   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Secretary Pompeo To Deliver Remarks on U.S. Policy on Iran at The Heritage Foundation

 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver remarks on โ€œAfter the Deal: A New Iran Strategyโ€ at The Heritage Foundation at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 21, 2018.

 

The event is open to credentialed members of the press.

 

Preset time for video cameras and still photographers: 6:30 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.

 

Final access time for journalists: 8:30 a.m.

 

The Secretaryโ€™s remarks will be live-streamed on www.state.gov.

 

https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/05/282224.htm