SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL
Steve Bannon comes out in support of Pope
Rome — Pope Francis should not resign over allegations he mishandled a sexual abuse scandal, said Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former political strategist who is close to prominent Catholic conservatives. However, Bannon told Reuters he was working on setting up an independent, non-partisan tribunal to investigate decades of scandals within the US Church, warning that dioceses across the country faced financial ruin because of the wrongdoing. In a statement that stunned the Church, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano said in August that Pope Francis should stand down for allegedly covering up for a former US cardinal who was accused of sexually molesting children and adult seminarians. Some media saw the hands of conservative critics of Pope Francis behind the unprecedented attack on a living pope, including US Cardinal Raymond Burke, who is close to Bannon. Burke told reporters in Rome last week that he was "deeply shaken" by Vigano’s accusations and called for an investigation...
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