Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio Owes His ‘Election’ to McCarrick
In a new interview given to journalist Franca Giansoldati of the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò claims that Francis “owes” his 2013 election to disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
In the interview published by Il Messaggero on Wednesday morning, Viganò was asked, “You have accused Pope Francis of having ignored the rumors relating to the homosexuality and abuse of minors by Cardinal McCarrick, who was later convicted of pedophilia, reduced to the lay state, and expelled from the College of Cardinals. The Vatican only took action in 2017 after an accusation that was considered credible. Why didn’t it act earlier? What concrete evidence was there?”
In response, Viganò answered, “As Delegate for the Pontifical Representations, I dealt with the McCarrick case myself, and since then I have asked for his dismissal from the Cardinalate.”
“My direct superiors are responsible for not having taken due account of my judgment based on incontrovertible testimony,” Viganò alleged. “Obviously, McCarrick’s work was convenient for someone in the Secretariat of State, starting with the huge sums raised through the Papal Foundation that the Cardinal had set up in the United States.”
“I remember well a comment made to me by the Argentine Leonardo Sandri, then a Monsignor with whom I shared the same office for 11 years when we were both secretaries of the Substitute: ‘But this McCarrick is always here!’” Viganò continued. “Sandri later became the Substitute, and it was precisely to
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