Pope Doubles Down With “Apology”, Insists Abuse Victims Lack Proof
It was arguably his most stunning statement to date as pontiff. As I reported last week, while in Chile, the pope accused victims of clerical sexual abuse perpetrated by Fr. Fernando Karadima of “calumny” for alleging that his protege, papal appointee to the Diocese of Osorno, Bishop Juan Barros, of having either known of or…