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Was the Vatican aware of the accusations of sexual violence against Abbé Pierre? At least “after [s]”death” in 2007, Pope Francis assured Friday during a press conference.
On the plane back to Rome, after his Asia-Pacific tour, he was asked the question, “What did the Vatican know about Abbé Pierre?” Pope Francis replied, “I don’t know when the Vatican learned about it.” […]”I don’t know because I wasn’t here (as pope), and it didn’t occur to me to research that,” Francis said. “Certainly, after [s]”Death, for sure. But before that, I don’t know,” he told the journalists accompanying him, calling the priest a “terrible sinner.”
“This person is a terrible sinner”
Seven weeks after initial revelations accusing him of sexual assault, Abbé Pierre, who died in 2007 at the age of 94, is the target of 17 new testimonies accusing him of sexual violence allegedly committed between the 1950s and the 2000s.
Pope Francis considered it a “very painful, very delicate” issue. “Good people, people, people who do good – (…) - 20minutes
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