Pope Francis has come to the defence of the late pope John Paul II who was accused in a current documentary movie of ignoring allegations of abuse by monks and defending them by transferring them.
Francis mentioned that the previous pope, who was born Karol Wojtyla in Poland, is “these days the object of insulting and unfounded insinuations.”
The Catholic Church chief defended the late pope on Sunday earlier than the trustworthy in St Peter’s Square in Rome. Francis didn’t say, nevertheless, to which accusations he was referring.
In March, a documentary movie brought about an uproar in Poland, because the film accuses Wojtyla of understanding about allegations of priest abuse within the Sixties and Seventies, when he was archbishop of Krakow. The movie says Wojtyla protected perpetrators by transferring them.
Italian and Vatican media, nevertheless, associated Pope Francis’ assertion to remarks made by the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared nearly 40 years in the past.
The Papal States judiciary has been investigating the case since January. Prosecutors wish to pursue suspicions and leads that Orlandi, the daughter of a Curia worker and a Vatican citizen, was kidnapped or murdered.
The teenage lady by no means returned dwelling on June 22, 1983 after a music lesson in Rome’s outdated city. A physique was by no means discovered.
After a gathering with the Vatican’s chief prosecutor, her brother Pietro as soon as once more spoke out concerning the case on a TV programme on Tuesday. He mentioned that he was satisfied that pope John Paul II in addition to Benedict XVI and Francis knew or know what occurred at the moment.
However, a press release that left room for interpretation brought about a stir. Orlandi mentioned that he had heard that Wojtyla had gone out each night with two mates, each of whom have been Polish monks, and definitely to not “bless the houses.”
On Friday, he clarified in one other broadcast that he had by no means accused pope John Paul II of paedophilia. His phrases had been instrumentalized to make headlines out of it, he mentioned.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
