Former top Vatican official says pope should resign over abuse crisis

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http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/3sGq9tgiK_MHYL4VHpr4Dw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2018-08-27T011412Z_2_LYNXNPEE7P09F_RTROPTP_2_US-POPE-CHICAGO-ARCHDIOCESE.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-top-vatican-official-says-pope-resign-over-002430639.html)Francis, speaking to reporters on the plane returning from a trip to Dublin, said dismissively that a statement containing the accusations "speaks for itself". In a detailed 11-page bombshell statement given to conservative Roman Catholic media outlets during the pope's visit to Ireland, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano accused a long list of current and past Vatican and U.S. Church officials of covering up the case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who resigned last month in disgrace. "Pope Francis has repeatedly asked for total transparency in the Church," wrote Vigano, who has criticized the pope before.



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