Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S., said he told Pope Francis about accusations of sexual abuse made against a prominent priest in 2013, but Francis took no action, the Christian Headlines website reports today (August 28, 2018).
Vigano is now urging Francis to step down as pope.
Vigano said he decided to speak out now "to combat the grave situation in the church, to protect the church, and also to stop future abuse."
Vigano recalled a conversation he had with Francis in June 2013, shortly after Francis became pope. At that time, he told the pope about crimes committed by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who resigned last month after claims came out that he sexually abused seminary students and an altar boy.
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